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Swimming in Auschwitz

Play trailer Poster for Swimming in Auschwitz 2007,  1h 3m,  Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
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This documentary follows the stories of six female Holocaust survivors, each a former prisoner at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The women, from various countries, arrived at the camp with different backgrounds -- one was the daughter of labor activists, another was studying to be nurse and another was the child of a Prague industrialist. As the film splices current interviews with archival footage, each woman explains how she was able to remain hopeful and to survive in the face of unimaginable horror.

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Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times May 5, 2008
A tale of resourcefulness and resilience, as the often-overlooked female perspective on the Shoah gets its due. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 23, 2011
B
based on interviews and historical footage, this is a fascinating chronicle of six women of different backgrounds who were deported to the notorious camp. Go to Full Review
James C. Taylor L.A. Weekly May 5, 2008
Instead of the grand horror of the Holocaust (or the "big suffering," as one woman calls it), Swimming in Auschwitz depicts individuals who "maintained some semblance of life" amid the mass dehumanization that surrounded them. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Jon Kean

Director

Renee Firestone

Actor

Erika Jacoby

Actor

Lili Majzner

Actor

Jon Kean

Writer

Jon Kean

Producer

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Swimming in Auschwitz

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Movie Info

Synopsis This documentary follows the stories of six female Holocaust survivors, each a former prisoner at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The women, from various countries, arrived at the camp with different backgrounds -- one was the daughter of labor activists, another was studying to be nurse and another was the child of a Prague industrialist. As the film splices current interviews with archival footage, each woman explains how she was able to remain hopeful and to survive in the face of unimaginable horror.
Director
Jon Kean
Producer
Jon Kean
Screenwriter
Jon Kean
Production Co
Bala Cynwyd Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 30, 2016
Runtime
1h 3m
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