I Danced for the Angel of Death: The Dr. Edith Eva Eger Story

Auschwitz Survivor Finds Hope in Hopelessness, Perseveres to Become Best-selling Author and Acclaimed Psychologist in Autobiographical Film in “I Danced for the Angel of Death: The Dr. Edith Eva Eger Story”

Fourth documentary from The Holocaust Education Film Foundation broadcasts on American Public Television and PBS Affiliates in recognition of National Holocaust Remembrance Day in April!

“I decided they were the prisoners, not me.” – Dr. Edith Eger

This April 2021, WLRN Public Television for South Florida and American Public Television (APT) presents “I Danced for the Angel of Death: The Dr. Edith Eva Eger Story,” a new one-hour autobiographical film from the Holocaust Education Film Foundation that reveals how Holocaust survivor Edith Eva Eger’s bravery keeps her alive through three concentration camps, only to struggle for years with flashbacks and survivor’s guilt. Edith discovers to heal, she needed to forgive the one person she had been unable to forgive – herself.

 

This film will be made available to public television stations on April 1, 2021, for National Holocaust Remembrance Day.

WLRN premieres the documentary on Thursday, April 8 @ 8:00 P.M. (EST), repeats forthcoming.

Limited Edition DVD available HERE

Outside of North America? Stream “I Danced for the Angel of Death: The Dr. Edith Eva Eger Story”

Public Performance / Exhibition, Broadcast and Digital Site Licenses are available through Soundview Media Partners.


Major funding for this film was provided by:
The Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice, Reconstruction: The Second Founding of America, RxSmile, Mandy and Jay Costa, Anne and Langdon Ellington, Joe Engel, Martha and Gerry Graves, Susan and Stuart Kaufman, Jackie and Dr. Jeff Laro, Drs. Marilyn and John Mendoza, Toni Froomer Rios, Bob Sambol, and Judge Charles M. Silverman.

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2021-04-08T17:02:05-04:00Films, In The News|

From the Holocaust to Hollywood: The Robert Clary Story

Robert Clary (A5714) – Born in 1926 in Paris, France, Robert Clary was the youngest of 14 children. Long before starring as Corporal Louis LeBeau on Hogan’s Heroes, Robert Clary began a career singing professionally on French radio at the age of 12, and also studied art at the Paris Drawing School. In 1942, he was deported to Ottmuth, in Upper Silesia (now Poland). He was tattooed with #A5714 and with two other concentration camps in between, he found himself in Buchenwald, where he was ultimately liberated on April 11, 1945. Twelve other members of his immediate family were sent to Auschwitz. This is one incredible story and you’ll never look at Hogan’s Heroes the same way again. Robert Clary’s documentary tentatively entitled “From the Holocaust to Hollywood – The Robert Clary Story” is coming March 30, 2021 via Dreamscape Media.

In home/personal use copies of the DVD are available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3nJUq3S

2021-03-09T09:27:47-05:00Films|

Surviving Birkenau: The Dr. Susan Spatz Story

Dr. Susan Spatz (34042) – Susan Cernyak-Spatz, née Eckstein, was born in Vienna in 1922. In the following twenty-three years she experienced many of the terrors of her fellow European Jews: early Nazi oppression in Berlin; post- “Anschluss” Vienna; Nazi occupied Prague; and deportation to Theresienstadt in 1942. But the true horrors of the Nazi “Final Solution” awaited her in Birkenau, the woman’s camp in Auschwitz where she survived her internment, beginning in January, 1943, for two years. These months of hell were followed by a “Death March” and incarceration in Ravensbrück from which she and a group of fellow inmates walked away to freedom.

In-home/personal use copies are available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2DNdHNZ  Also available to stream if you prefer: https://amzn.to/2GoYnqR

REVIEWS:

“The newly launched Holocaust Education Film Foundation (HEFF) organization that was founded to assure that the painful legacy of the Holocaust is never forgotten by keeping impactful stories alive through the medium of film. I always feel that seeing something like this on the screen is not just a film but a total experience and “Surviving Birkenau” is no exception.”
– Amos Lassen Blog

“The number of holocaust survivors living today is getting smaller and smaller. It is important to revisit history through their eyes. I was touched by Dr. Spatz story and will be watching it again with my son.” — J. Dallas, review on Amazon

2021-03-22T10:55:04-04:00Films|

To Auschwitz & Back: The Joe Engel Story

Joe Engel’s (84009) – “To Auschwitz and Back: The Joe Engel Story” tells a story of persecution and one man’s inner-strength, fortitude and daring escape from internment in Nazi Germany.  Joe’s determination to survive has resulted in him becoming a treasured citizen, community leader, teacher and philanthropist in America.

Born in Zakroczym, Poland in 1927, Joe Engel was taken by the Nazis at 14 and never saw his parents again. He is the embodiment of living history and spends his retirement years ensuring the Holocaust is never forgotten.

From the overwhelming despair of the Warsaw Ghetto, to the shroud of unceasing death and suffering that was Birkenau and Auschwitz, Joe then takes you through his escape from a Death Train at 17 and covert work as a freedom fighter until Liberation in 1945.

Joe’s is a vivid journey to hell and back; enriched by an incredible and personal approach to storytelling. His number tattoo may have faded over time, but his passion for life and his story continues today.

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 weaved Joe Engel’s incredible storytelling into a riveting visual presentation that is both historic and contemporary. With an unwavering will to live, Joe Engel overcame unimaginable horrors, earned his freedom through a daring escape, and fought to free others. He currently resides in Charleston, S.C.

Many people can tell a story. Very few can compel you to listen. Joe Engel, at 90 years of age, knows how to tell his story. His life is a story of faith, renewal, inner-strength and redemption. He is a charming storyteller who hopes that people will listen and learn and most of all… “never forget”.

IN HOME/Personal use copies of the DVD are available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Hnu8Qn. If you prefer to stream or download the film digitally, it is available for viewing at https://amzn.to/2P6I5Xh

REVIEWS:

“TO AUSCHWITZ AND BACK: The Joe Engel Story is a story told exactly as it happened to a very young man in 1927 Poland. Joe tells it with such memorable detail that I could not help but soak in every word he said.” – Movie Maven

“Five Star Film!! We need more Joes in this world today! Have a longer and happier life Joe as your remarkable story will never be forgotten.” – St. Bernard Voice

“It would fit neatly alongside Schindler’s List or Shoah on any shelf reserved for films on the subject… Small has created a 47-minute film that weaves oral history with archival material in the service of a documentary that is as painfully graphic as any I’ve seen. Still, it’s Engel’s spirit that triumphs over evil here. I won’t be surprised if someone in Hollywood attempts to expand To Auschwitz and Back  into something a bit more theatrical. It couldn’t possibly be more dramatic.” – Movie City News

“The combination of words and pictures creates a nightmare world in our minds, one which is too horrible to contemplate as Engel’s unfaltering narrative builds with the intensity of a suspenseful thriller. To this end, TO AUSCHWITZ & BACK: THE JOE ENGEL STORY is a most irreplaceable record of this man’s passage through a literal Hell and his miraculous survival to tell the tale. The presentation is admirably low-key and subtle, eliciting a sudden surge of emotion at the end which was both unexpected and exceedingly well-earned.” – HK Film News

2021-03-11T10:24:14-05:00Films|
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