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«Salvado por el idioma» en Sarajevo

Jevrejska opština Sarajevo u okviru ciklusa «Devetnaestog u mjesecu u devetnaest sati» i Fondacija Konrad Adenauer u okviru programa «Cine-Club-Conrad» Vas pozivaju na projekciju dokumentarnog filma i razgovor o filmu «Spašen jezikom» / Saved by Language utorak, 19.01.2016. u 19:00 h Jevrejska opština Sarajevo Hamdije Kreševljakovića 59 71.000 Sarajevo «Spašen jezikom» …

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How a dying language saved a life during the Holocaust

Susanna Zaraysky

Susanna Zaraysky speaks eight languages, but Ladino isn’t one of them. That didn’t stop her from making a film about a Sarajevo Jew who does speak Judeo-Spanish and how it helped save his life during the Holocaust. Her 53-minute documentary “Saved by Language” reveals how Moris Albahari, 84, used the …

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