Beth Hachajim – Haus des Lebens

• Movie
• 1994
• 57m
• Documentary

In April 1992, ultra-orthodox Jews of the Athra-Kadisha came to Hamburg to demonstrate against the final destruction of the Jewish cemetery. The cemetery, where bones still lie, was to be built on with a shopping centre. The film shows the history of this Jewish cemetery, recalls the former Jewish community in Altona and gives an insight into Jewish religious life and culture.

Director

Jens Huckeriede

Starring

Peter Weis, Norbert Friedländer, Nathan Peter Levinson, Miriam Gillis-Carlebach