There are certainly plenty of holocaust documentaries and movies available. Frankly we should watch all the footage there is. Every one I watch, I come away knowing or feeling a little bit more empathy for the people of the time, and most especially it's victims.
This one takes fullest advantage of 3 little minutes, innocently shot in a small village in Poland. By the time the film ended you had to be impressed with the volume of confirmed information gleaned from the footage. The fact they were able to put names on so many faces, AND were able to document what happened to most everyone in the village only a few years later, was impressive. Hearing one survivor, that was recognized, describe what he recalled brought the village to life.
This film, more than many, personifies individuals of the time, and helps the viewer feel (at least a tiny bit) what it must have been like to have lived in Poland in late 1938. It certainly made an impression on me.
This one takes fullest advantage of 3 little minutes, innocently shot in a small village in Poland. By the time the film ended you had to be impressed with the volume of confirmed information gleaned from the footage. The fact they were able to put names on so many faces, AND were able to document what happened to most everyone in the village only a few years later, was impressive. Hearing one survivor, that was recognized, describe what he recalled brought the village to life.
This film, more than many, personifies individuals of the time, and helps the viewer feel (at least a tiny bit) what it must have been like to have lived in Poland in late 1938. It certainly made an impression on me.