General Information

Author/Creator

Štingl, Pavel, director.

Language

Polish.

Subtitles

English

Published

Poland : K2 Studio ; Yeti Films ; Czech Television ; Evolution Films, 2008.

Physical Description

DVD-ROM (80 min.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00003739

Contents/Summary

Summary

Before World War II, Baluty was a feared criminal district of Lodz. Immediately following their occupation of Poland, the Nazis turned the neighborhood into a Jewish ghetto with 160,000 inhabitants. A year later, in the autumn of 1941, five transports of Czech Jews arrived. This group of assimilated Central Europeans finds itself amidst the highly traditional local Hasidic population, which spoke Yiddish - for them, a foreign language. They become witnesses to indescribable torture which they soon are subjected to as well. They are made to suffer by Nazi regulations as well as by the Jewish ghetto council, which hates them for being different. Of 5,000 deportees, only 240 ravaged individuals survived the war. Following the war, the neighborhood was settled by people who had lost their homes. The old houses are now inhabited by poor Poles feared by the outside world. Their life is marked by the stigma of the place.

Subjects

Genre

Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Note

Verzio Film Festival Submission

Library Special Collection

Verzio Film Festival Submission

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
DVD-ROM	OSA Film Library	FL Record 2081	Available	-	-
Digital film	OSA Film Library	FL Record 2081 (HU_OSA_00003739.mp4)	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format