page_title: Wilfrid Israel
section_title: Wilfrid Israel film
hierarchical_section_title: Wilfrid Israel / Death and commemoration / Wilfrid Israel film
caption_attribution_description: English: The poster was created by Tel Aviv graphic designer Madi Avishai, with material from the documentary and based on directions, provided by the creators of the documentary film.
context_page_description: Wilfrid Berthold Jacob Israel was an Anglo-German businessman and philanthropist, born into a wealthy Anglo-German Jewish family, who was active in the rescue of Jews from Nazi Germany, and who played a significant role in the Kindertransport.
  Described as "gentle and courageous" and "intensely secretive", Wilfrid Israel avoided public office and shunned publicity, but had, according to his biographer Naomi Shepherd, an "almost hypnotic" ability to influence friends and colleagues. Martin Buber described him as "a man of great moral stature, dedicated to the service of others".
  He was killed when his civilian passenger plane, en route from Lisbon to Bristol, was shot down by a Luftwaffe fighter patrol over the Bay of Biscay.
context_section_description: A film by award-winning filmmaker Yonatan Nir and producer Noam Shalev premiered in Israel on 1 November 2016. The film – The Essential Link: The Story of Wilfrid Israel is inspired by the biography written by Naomi Shepherd. It tells the story of Wilfrid Israel's life-saving activities, his connections with the founders of Kibbutz Hazorea and mostly focuses on the last ten years of his life. The film's website  The Essential Link: The Story of Wilfrid Israel provides more information about the person and the film and includes a link to its trailer.
caption: The poster describes the contents and creators of the film that was published in 2017.
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