News/Video: New Documentary After Auschwitz Opens April 20 in Selected Markets

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News/Video: New Documentary <i>After Auschwitz</i> Opens April 20 in Selected Markets 1

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In this day and age, with the subject of racism, immigrants, and anti-Semitism on many people’s minds, the release of After Auschwitz seems most appropriate. Telling the tale of six female survivors of the Holocaust, Eva Beckmann, Rena Drexler, Renee Firestone, Erika Jacoby, Lili Majzner, and Linda Sherman, this new documentary film explains how these immigrants carried on with their lives in America against all odds.

 

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News/Video: New Documentary <i>After Auschwitz</i> Opens April 20 in Selected Markets 2In After Auschwitz, filmmaker Jon Kean examines the question, “What happens after surviving an unspeakable horror?” with six stories of remarkable women who survived the Holocaust and went on to build lives in the United States, but never truly found a place to call home.
For survivors of the Holocaust, liberation was both an incredible moment and a devastating one. It marked the beginning of a life-long struggle. Most wanted to go home, but there was no home left in devastated post-war Europe. Many came to America and wanted to tell people about their experiences, but were silenced. “You’re in America now, put it behind you” is what they were told. The women Kean follows became mothers and wives with successful careers, but never fully healed from the scars of the past.
News/Video: New Documentary <i>After Auschwitz</i> Opens April 20 in Selected Markets 3

Jon Kean with the six women of After Auschwitz

Their stories show the indelible role immigrants and women played in the history of America during the second half of the 20th century, and they serve as our guides on an unbelievable journey – sometimes celebratory, sometimes heart-breaking, but always inspiring.

After Auschwitz is in theaters April 20 in New York, April 27 in Miami, and May 4 in Los Angeles with additional markets to follow.
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