To Auschwitz and back : the Joe Engel story
2018
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Born in Zakroczym, Poland in 1927, Holocaust Survivor Joe Engel was taken by the Nazis at 14 and never saw his parents again. Now 90 years old, Joe is the embodiment of living history and spends his retirement years ensuring the Holocaust is never forgotten. With the assistance of The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's film and photographic archives, filmmaker Ron Small has successfully weaved Joe Engel's incredible storytelling into a riveting visual presentation that is both historic and contemporary. From the overwhelming despair of the Warsaw Ghetto, to the shroud of unceasing death and suffering that was Birkenau and Auschwitz, to his escape from a Death Train at 17 and his covert work as a freedom fighter, Joe personally takes us on his vivid journey to hell and back. This is a story of faith, renewal and redemption. Joe Engel, with an unwavering will to live, overcame unimaginable horrors to become a treasured citizen, community leader, teacher and philanthropist.
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Author:
Small, Ron, director, producer, screenwriterJones, David M., editor of moving image work, screenwriterFox, Alexander, director of photographyEngel, Joe, 1927-, on-screen participant
Imprint:
United States : Anchor Media Group, ©2017.Holland, Ohio : Distributed by Dreamscape Media, ©2018.©2017
Collation:
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 47 minutes) : sound, colour with black and white sequences ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2017.Includes bonus content (22 minutes)."A story of faith, renewal, inner-strength, and redemption"--Container.In English.
Credits:
Synagogue Emanu El in association with Anchor Media Group, Incorporated present ; written by Ron Small and David M. Jones ; produced and directed by Ron Small ; editor, David M. Jones ; cinematographer, Alexander Fox.
Performers:
Joe Engel.
Audience:
Exempt from classification.
System details:
DVD
Dewey class:
940.5318
Language:
English
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BRN:
374429
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