At the close of WWII, 8 year old twins Rene and Irene were sent to opposite ends of the globe. After two years of surviving the murderous Dr. Josef Mengele at Auschwitz, neither knew if the other twin had survived. 'Rene and I' is the remarkable true story of the coincidences that led to their reunion 4 years after the war, in Long Island, New York.—Anonymous

This courageous documentary tells the story of Irene and her twin brother René, Czech Jews sent to Auschwitz at age six. The siblings survived three years in the camp, where they were they were among the 3,000 twins experimented on by Josef Mengele and other Nazi doctors. Of those twins only 160 survived. A true tale of miraculous chance encounters, high-risk rescue, a dramatic reunion as the iron curtain is shutting closed, and incredible lives forged from Auschwitz to America, René and I is the story of two resilient souls who triumphed over inhumane circumstances with their emotional selves intact.—National Center for Jewish Film