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Uncle Chatzkel explores the story of a man and his reunion with his nephew Rod, a South African born Australian living in Sydney. Rod is both the filmmaker and Chatzkel’s nephew. Lemchen has lived through the Russian Revolution, two World Wars, a Communist regime, and the transition of Lithuania from Soviet Republic to an independent state. During the Holocaust, Nazis and their Lithuanian supporters killed Chatzkel’s parents and children. He and his wife Lena were then sent to separate concentration camps in Germany. Unlike many other Jews who were not Communists, Chatzkel and his wife, both Holocaust survivors,...

Director : Rod Freedman

Production Year : 1999

Duration : 52

Language : English, Lithuanian, Russian, Yiddish