Die Juden - Geschichte eines Volkes

Season 1

Exploring 4,000 years in the history of the Jews -- from their ancient roots in the Middle East all the way to modern-day Judaism -- this exhaustive documentary weaves stories from the past and present to reveal a rich tapestry of Jewish identity. Seeking to represent the diversity of the Jewish people, director Nina Koshofer's ambitious film spotlights Jews both rich and poor, famed and obscure.

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5 Episodes

Exodus
E1
Exodus1. Introduction 2. The Book of Exodus 3. The Ten Commandments 4. The Promised Land 5. The Shrine in Shiloh 6. King David 7. The City of David 8. Religious Customs 9. The Gihon Tunnel 10. Exiles in Babylon 11. The Torah 12. Influence of Greek Culture 13. Judas Maccabeus and Chanukah 14. King Herod the Great.
Diaspora
E2
DiasporaAfter the Roman conquest of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple, nothing was the same for the Jews. They were scattered throughout the world-into the Diaspora.
Stigma
E3
StigmaThe traumatic events during the Crusades and the pogroms during the plague, the Inquisition, and the expulsion from Spain in 1492 shaped the lives and culture of European Jews for centuries to come.
Davidstern
E4
DavidsternThe fourth part of the documentary series describes the flourishing Jewish life in Renaissance Italy, but also the emergence of the first ghettos in the 16th century.
Zion
E5
ZionThe final part of the documentary series reports on the pogroms in Russia that led to mass emigration to the USA, and on the birth of political Zionism at a time when religious anti-Judaism was mutating into racial anti-Semitism.