Stories For My Children's Children: Lessons from the Holocaust
Logline: This isn’t a Holocaust documentary; it’s a personal tale about two people, the horrors that befell them and how their survival can influence the next generation.
Her parents were Holocaust survivors. Her mother, a young woman at the time, and her family of five hid in a barn for two years as the Nazis took over Poland. During the winter months to stay warm they stood next to the farm animals and during the day they had to keep quiet in a hayloft so as not to be discovered. Nobody knew about their situation. Only the family who owned the farm were willing to take the risk of hiding a Jewish family from the Nazis. Discovery would surely get them all killed. Her father was not so lucky. He had a family but sadly, like many others, his first wife and children were shot and killed while he would be sent to a concentration camp to be worked to death. These are the stories told by their daughter Sarah Rolnick about her parents' experience with the Holocaust.
We have to remember that evil people did horrible things but we can never forget how strong we are. This documentary talks about heartbreaking moments in history but leaves the audience full of hope and inspired.
Directed and produced by Christopher Wells.
