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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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. The film premieres on DVD and digital on May 14 from Dreamscape Media and the Holocaust Education Film Foundation, in conjunction with Anchor Media Group and Soundview Media Partners.
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. The inaugural documentary which launched HEFF, TO AUSCHWITZ AND 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.
Additional full-length Survivor documentaries to follow in 2019 include “From the Holocaust to Hollywood: The Robert Clary Story”, the real-life story of the “Hogan’s Heroes” star who was liberated from Buchenwald in 1945, and “I Ride For The Living: The Marcel Zielinski Story” which follows the story of Marcel who was liberated from Birkenau/Auschwitz at 10 years old and now keeps memories alive through “The Ride for the Living,” a 60-mile cycling event between Auschwitz and the JCC Krakowwhere the ride was created.All HEFF documentaries will be released worldwide through Dreamscape Media.
Additionally, both SURVIVING BIRKENAU: THE DR. SUSAN SPATZ STORY and TO AUSCHWITZ AND BACK: THE JOE ENGEL STORY are available for screening events. Inquiries should be directed to info@soundviewmediapartners.com, the licensing agent for the film.
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.
