Türk Pasaportu
Documentary/ Drama/ History. Director: Burak Arliel (2011), 91 min.
French (English subtitles)
As part of the Turkish Movie Days, The Turkish Embassy in Windhoek in collaboration with the FNCC proudly present:
Based on the written historical documents, archive footage and testimonies of witnesses, who traveled to Istanbul to find safety, the Turkish Passport narrates the story of diplomats posted to Turkish Embassies and Consulates in several European countries, who saved numerous Jews from the Nazi regime during WWII. The diplomats did not only save the lives of Turkish Jews. They also rescued foreign Jews condemned to a certain death by issuing them with Turkish Passports.