Summary SHADOWS FROM MY PAST interweaves the tragic fate of one Austrian Jewish Family from Vienna. Letters written from 1939 - 1941 as they were trying to save their children and each other reverberate to today. SHADOWS features many face-to-face, unrehearsed interviews with contemporary Austrians and near past contemporary interviews including Simon Wiesenthal, Kurt Waldheim, President Heinz Fischer, Theodore Bikel, Jorg Haider, survivors and many others. SHADOWS interweaves the memories of Gita Kaufman's family with Austria's present perceptions with Austria's present perceptions of its role in the persecution and deportation of Jews during World War II. SHADOWS underlines the need for Holocaust memory preservation, tolerance education, and serves as a warning for today. View more details
Directed : Curt Kaufman Gita Kaufman
Written : Curt Kaufman Gita Kaufman
Stars : Simon Wiesenthal Kurt Waldheim Jörg Haider Heinz Fischer
Genres : Family History War Documentary
Release date : Aug 28, 2014
Countries of origin : United States France Austria
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Production companies : Epo-Film Produktionsgesellschaft
Summary SHADOWS FROM MY PAST interweaves the tragic fate of one Austrian Jewish Family from Vienna. Letters written from 1939 - 1941 as they were trying to save their children and each other reverberate to today. SHADOWS features many face-to-face, unrehearsed interviews with contemporary Austrians and near past contemporary interviews including Simon Wiesenthal, Kurt Waldheim, President Heinz Fischer, Theodore Bikel, Jorg Haider, survivors and many others. SHADOWS interweaves the memories of Gita Kaufman's family with Austria's present perceptions with Austria's present perceptions of its role in the persecution and deportation of Jews during World War II. SHADOWS underlines the need for Holocaust memory preservation, tolerance education, and serves as a warning for today. View more details
Genres : Family History War Documentary
Release date : Aug 28, 2014
Countries of origin : United States France Austria
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Production companies : Epo-Film Produktionsgesellschaft
