THIS MAY, JOIN THE HOLOCAUST EDUCATION FILM FOUNDATION FOR ONE WOMAN’S UNIMAGINABLE STORY OF HOPE AND SURVIVAL DURING HUMANITY’S DARKEST MOMENTS
SURVIVING BIRKENAU: THE DR. SUSAN SPATZ STORY
Assuring a New Generation Will Never Forget, This Gripping Documentary Will Be Exclusively Available on DVD & Digital May 14 Through Dreamscape Media
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SYNOPSIS
From humanity’s darkest moments came survival. From survival came light and the blooming of a new life. SURVIVING BIRKENAU: THE DR. SUSAN SPATZ STORY, a compelling and powerful Holocaust documentary, follows one woman’s courageous struggles and ultimate escape from the Nazis Final Solution.
SURVIVING BIRKENAU, vividly and emotionally narrated by Dr. Susan Spatz at the age of 96, recounts her astonishing life, from an idyllic childhood in Austria to the unimaginable horrors she and her family suffered at the hands of the Third Reich. Born in Vienna in 1922, Spatz was an only child who lived a life of privilege until the Nazis invaded, and she and her mother found themselves “in the trap,” experiencing many of the terrors of her fellow European Jews: early Nazi oppression in Berlin; post-“Anschluss” Vienna and Nazi-occupied Prague. But, after being deported to Theresienstadt, the true nightmares awaited in Birkenau, the notorious woman’s death camp in
Auschwitz. After three years of brutal internment and a transfer to Ravensbrück, a death march led not to the grave, but to freedom. In SURVING BIRKENAU, Dr. Spatz recounts her experiences with remarkable clarity, from the decision by her mother that virtually condemned her to death through her eventual escape.
With the assistance of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, filmmaker Ron Small (To Auschwitz and Back) brings Susan’s story to rich life for future generations in this second film to be released from the newly launched Holocaust Education Film Foundation (HEFF). The 501c3 organization was founded to assure that the painful legacy of the Holocaust is never forgotten by keeping impactful stories alive through the medium of film.
SURVIVING BIRKENAU: THE DR. SUSAN SPATZ STORY
Running Time: Approx. 60 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Aspect Ratio: 16 x 9
Audio: Stereo
ONE POWERFUL DOCUMENTARY — A STORY OF PERSECUTION, FORTITUDE AND ONE MAN’S DARING ESCAPE FROM INTERNMENT IN NAZI GERMANY – WILL ASSURE
WE NEVER FORGET
TO AUSCHWITZ & BACK: THE JOE ENGEL STORY
Now Available on DVD and Digital, This is the Inaugural Release from the Holocaust Education Film Foundation, a 501c3 Organization Assuring that the Impactful Stories of Holocaust Survivors Are Preserved Through Film
SYNOPSIS
Many people call themselves storytellers. Very few, however, can compel you to listen. Joe Engel, at 90 years of age, knows how to tell his story. His unforgettable tale of persecution and perseverance comes to compelling life in TO AUSCHWITZ & BACK: THE JOE ENGEL STORY. The powerful documentary is now available on DVD ($24.95srp) and digital from Dreamscape Media and the Holocaust Education Film Foundation, in conjunction with Anchor Media Group and Synagogue Emanu-El.
TO AUSCHWITZ & BACK: THE JOE ENGEL STORY tells an incredible story of persecution, one man’s inner-strength and fortitude and a daring escape from internment in Nazi Germany. Born in Zakroczym, Poland in 1927, Engel was taken by the Nazis at 14 and never saw his parents again. From the overwhelming despair of the Warsaw Ghetto, to the shroud of unceasing death and suffering that was Birkenau and Auschwitz, Engel vividly takes viewers to hell and back through his escape from a Death Train at 17 and covert work as a freedom fighter until Liberation in 1945. With the assistance of The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s film and photographic archives, filmmaker Ron Small (Circle Unbroken, Medals of World War II) has successfully woven Engel’s incredible storytelling into a riveting visual presentation that is both historic and contemporary.
With an unwavering will to live, Engel overcame unimaginable horrors, earned his freedom, and fought to free others. His is a story of faith, renewal, inner-strength and redemption, and though his number tattoo may have faded over time, his passion for life and telling his story continues today, ensuring the Holocaust is never forgotten.
TO AUSCHWITZ AND BACK: THE JOE ENGEL STORY
Running Time: 47 mins.
Genre: Documentary
Aspect Ratio: 16 x 9
Audio: Stereo
About The Holocaust Education Film Foundation
Established in 2018, the Holocaust Education Film Foundation was started to build an international, interactive online community one Holocaust Survivor story at a time. Through full-length documentaries, distributed globally through numerous platforms, the online site and educational programs, the 501c3 foundation seeks to ensure that we never forget.
