A day in the Warsaw Ghetto - a birthday trip in hell
TitleA day in the Warsaw Ghetto - a birthday trip in hell
Author
Call numberV93
Object numberV93
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherFilmakers Library
Year of publication
1992
MaterialAudio-visual material
NotesSBS
video
video
Description
In 1941, a wehrmacht sergeant celebrated his 43rd birthday by illegally photographing inside the Warsaw ghetto. The photographs were hidden for over 40 years until he knew he was dying. The filmmaker has done a masterful job in combining the pictures with readings from ghetto diaries, Yiddish songs and klezmer music.