The Mystery of the Black Book

  • Archive - Festival 35
  • Director: Boris Maftsir
  • Israel 2019
  • 70 minutes
  • English, Russian, Hebrew
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

In October 1947, the "Black Book" was to be published in Moscow - a collection of testimonies and articles about the murder of two million and seven hundred thousand  Jews under Nazi occupation in the Soviet Union. The book was shelved by the authorities. As if the Holocaust of Soviet Jews had never occurred at all.

Why did Stalin decide to hide the solid and documented evidence of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union?

Filmography:  Searching for the unknown Holocaust - documentary project of eight films (2014 – 2018), Tarab (2010).


  • Director Boris Maftsir
  • Production Zvi Shefy, Boris Maftsir
  • Production Design Studio Jewboy (Yaron Shin) with Noa Gilhar
  • Animation Studio Jewboy (Yaron Shin) with Noa Gilhar
  • Cinematography Ron Katzenelson
  • Editing Lilia Tzvokbenkel
  • Music Avi Benjamin
  • Sound Design Eva Spitkovski
  • Source Zvi Shefy Productions, Giv'atayim
  • Produced with support by Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, AVI CHAI Foundation, Maimonides Fund, Claims Conference, Mifal HaPais, Genesis Philanthropy Group & Lohamei HaGetaot Museum, KAN Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation