Forgotten Transports to Estonia

General Information

Author/Creator
Pribyl, Lukas, director.
Published
Czech Republic, 2008.
Physical Description
DVD-ROM (85 min.)
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00003321

Contents/Summary

Summary
On 5th of September 1942 a transport arrived in Estonia bearing one thousand Czech Jews. Roughly a hundred women between the ages of 19 and 25 were separated from their families who were taken by bus to another, apparently "heated" concentration camp. The terrified girls soon formed various groups in which they gave each other total support. With time they began to act together, like a single, large organism. The optimism. Their instinct for self-preservation urged them to ignore the Holocaust. It was not until 1945, while they were convalescing in Sweden, that they discovered the truth about what happened to their families…

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-ROMOSA Film LibraryFL Record 1697Available--
Digital filmOSA Film LibraryFL Record 1697
(HU_OSA_00003321.mp4)
AvailableAccess Copy, MP4 format