As If It Were Yesterday

As If It Were Yesterday 1980 Directed by Myriam Abramowicz , Esther Hoffenberg Comme si c'était hier

Belgians recount how they saved Jewish children during WWII!

Documents the little-known heroism of the Belgian Resistance who, during the Nazi occupation, hid over 4,000 Jewish children, rescuing them from deportation and extermination, , often risking their own lives. Directed by Myriam Abramowicz and Esther Hoffenberg, children of parents who spent the war in hiding, the film inspired the creation of The Hidden Child, a world-wide network of hidden children, which, for three decades, has organized reunions of hidden children with the families who hid them in Belgium during WWII.

Country Belgium

Production Country Belgium

Language French

Spoken Languages Dutch , French

Gnere Documentary

Production Companies Ministère de la Communauté Française de Belgique , Lapsus , Ping Pong Production

Release Date 7 September 1980

88 mins