
This film documents the life of the late Jewish historian and author Prof. Jacques Presser. Presser took fifteen years to write his book "Ashes in the Wind: The Destruction of Dutch Jewry," which created a storm of controversy because it exposed many members of the Dutch bourgeois who collaborated with the Nazis. Also directed by Philo Bregstein: In Search of Jewish Amsterdam.... (Full plot summary below)
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This film documents the life of the late Jewish historian and author Prof. Jacques Presser. Presser took fifteen years to write his book "Ashes in the Wind: The Destruction of Dutch Jewry," which created a storm of controversy because it exposed many members of the Dutch bourgeois who collaborated with the Nazis. Also directed by Philo Bregstein: In Search of Jewish Amsterdam.
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