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Story of the Grandfather

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Family film presenting the story of Mordechai Eshel, born in Mogilev, Rumania. During the Holocaust, in an orphanage, at the age of 14, he assumed the name of a 9 year old boy who had died, Berl Donsky. This is how he survived. Eshel, accompanied by his grandson, Dotan Krauss, goes to Yad Vashem to fill out a page of testimony in the name of Berl Donsky. He is assisted by the staff at The Hall of Names and the Archives. The grandfather and grandson also tour the museum and the Valley of the Communities.