Forgotten Holocaust – A Journey to Transnistria | Trailer (Documentary)

Forgotten Holocaust – A Journey to Transnistria

Original: „Vergessener Holocaust – Eine Reise nach Transnistrien“ (Documentary, DE/UA/MD 2020, 35 min., German, Russian/Ukrainian with English subtitles).

Director: Resa Asarschahab, Screenplay: Markus Winkler, Kristina Forbat. With Felix Zuckermann, Oleksii Yakoviichuk, Mykola Kushnir, Klara Katz et al.

The film shows the tragic fate of Czernowitz citizen Rosa Zuckermann (1908-2002), who was deported to Transnistria in the autumn of 1941 together with her parents, a husband and her small child. Rosa was the only one from the entire family who survived. The story of this family resembles the experiences of many Jewish families from Czernowitz. That is why it is so meaningful and important to get to know it. Felix Zuckermann, Rosa's son, took part in the movie. For him it was the first trip into the terrible past, searching for traces and answers to questions he had not dared to ask his mother when she was still alive. Students from Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova who participated in the documentary were able to learn more about the Holocaust in Transnistria. Together with Felix Zuckermann and eyewitnesses from Jewish communities they discussed issues related to the culture of remembrance in their countries.

The film was shot in the autumn of 2019 in the framework of a German-Ukrainian-Moldavian educational project.

The project was initiated by the Institute for German Culture and History of Southeastern Europe at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (ikgs.de) and supported by the German Federal Foreign Office. #CivilSocietyCooperation

Information on the project: https://ikgs.de/schwerpunkte/vergessener-holocaust

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