The King's Highway

Summary A film about the highway that connected the American colonies. The discovery and preservation of historic places in Philadelphia. The true origin story of America. View more details

The King's Highway

Directed : Jason Sherman

Written : Jason Sherman

Stars : Oscar Beisert Denise Basile Brendan Boyle Hugh Boyle

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Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Jul 31, 2016

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Production companies : Delphia Entertainment

Summary A film about the highway that connected the American colonies. The discovery and preservation of historic places in Philadelphia. The true origin story of America. View more details

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Jul 31, 2016

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Production companies : Delphia Entertainment

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Glass House

Glass House

Twenty-five to thirty thousand Jews were issued life-saving certificates of Salvadoran citizenship thanks to the El Salvador Action and its officials: Consul General Jose Arturo Castellanos and his first Secretary, George Mandel-Mantello. This is the story of how one of the world's smallest countries facilitated one of the most successful rescue operations of World War II. In 1938 Colonel Castellanos was assigned to Hamburg to open the consulate of El Salvador, then was sent to Switzerland. In 1942, as Europe was under siege by the Nazis, a wealthy Romanian Jew named George Mandel, who had befriended Castellanos, asked for his help. So Castellanos appointed him First Secretary of El Salvador's consulate in Geneva. When Mandel received his Salvadoran passport, he added "Mantello" to his name in order to sound more Latin. Soon afterward, inspired by the rescue efforts of his contemporaries and driven by the spreading horror of the genocide surrounding him, Mandel-Mantello suggested that they issue Salvadoran passports as rescue tools. Castellanos declined, citing the increased scrutiny of foreign passports, because spies commonly forged them. He instead suggested certificates of Salvadoran citizenship, and thus began one of the greatest humanitarian efforts in the history of the Holocaust. Glass House was filmed over a three year period on location in Central America, Switzerland, Hungary and Spain by the director and his wife Leonor, who is herself a native of El Salvador. The inspiring story of the El Salvador Action, and the Glass House (one of the protected buildings from which Salvadoran citizenship certificates were issued), is told by the sons and daughters of the heroes themselves, as well as survivors who owe their lives to the tiny country with a brave and humble heart.

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