Drama taking place on the eve of the Nazi invasion of Kiev in 1941. Two families - Jewish and Ukrainian ponder what the future may hold for them. Genady Lerner a Jew and the patriarch of a relatively large extended family, watches with profoundly mixed emotions as the Russian army retreats from the Ukrainian city under intense bombardment from the advancing Nazi army. Skeptical of the rumors abounding regarding the Nazis' extermination of the Jewish race, Genady opts to remain at the family home. Meanwhile, Genady's longtime neighbor Lena Onofrienko decides that assisting the invading army may be in her best...
A short documentary. It follows the tracks of a Jewish family in Kyiv and tells the story of horrific episode of the Holocaust. A little black cross traced on the photograph indicated the approximate place where the familyr was buried. The German army entered Kyiv on September 22, 1941. On September 28, all Jews of the city were called to a meeting place with their documents and personal possessions. On September 29, at dawn, thousands of Jews left their places with their suitcases and provision ,they were preparing for the long trip. Today Babi Yar is an understated remembrance place, that deserted park seems...
Short film of the lighting of the torches on the eve of Holocaust Day, 2007 "Bearing Witness". Torchlighter Manya Brodeski-Titelman. Includes testimony of against a background of family photographs, archival photographs and a visit to Yad Vashem.
