The House on August Street

Theuntoldstoryofmygreat-greatauntBeateBerger,andthe"BeithAhawahKinderheim"shefoundedin1922inBerlinforJewishchildreninneed.Itisthestoryofhercourageousdecision,duringtheearly1930s,tosave"her"childrenfromNaziGermany,andtheuniquerescueoperationthatfollowed.Shesucceededinbringingthechildrentothenew"Ahawah"homeshebuiltintheHaifaBay(thenPalestine).Thisisafilmaboutmemory,abouthopeandaboutanamazingrescueoperationrunbyonewomanwhohadthehistoricalvisionandunderstandingoftherealityin1933Berlinthatfewothershad.But,mostofall,itisafilmaboutthelovethatwastheessenceof"BeithAhawah"inAuguststarße14-16,Berlin.AyeletBargurstudiedArtatTelAvivUniversityandFilmatCameraObscura.Hergraduationfilm,"AGoodPlacetoBe"andherTVdrama"AsifNothingHappened"werescreenedatfestivalsaroundtheworldandwonanumberofawards.