The Gruneberg Family Return to Neheim Husten, 6.11.2005

Documentary film following the visit of the Gruneberg family to Neheim Husten, together with the Shabbaton Choir. The members of the choir are British Jews who promote Jewish prayer and visits to synagogues. The excursion took place 5th November 2005 and included a tour of the Jewish cemetery, praying Kaddish, and a memorial service marking 60 years since the end of the Second World War. The musical director of the choir, Steven Levy, organised the tour together with his father-in-law Gerry Gruneberg. In 1939, Gerry, then 6 years old, and his parents escaped from Leipzig to Holland and were the only surviving members of his extensive family.