In One Survivor Remembers, a short film by Kary Antholis, Gerda Weissmann Klein tells us about her six-year ordeal as a victim of the Holocaust. The story being told to the viewers gives people a new perspective and view on one of our world’s biggest tragedies in history; The Holocaust. Most people have heard of the history being the Holocaust, but not many have heard the story from a person, who actually experienced and suffered through all the horror during the time. Weissmann was only fifteen years old when the Nazi army invaded her home in Poland. She survived years living inside concentration camps, where she suffered the harsh conditions along with thousands of other captured Jewish people. The Nazi army took away everything from this poor fifteen year old girl including her entire family, her teenage years, and her hope to live. Now 65 years later, Gerda Weissmann Klein has decided to share her story with the many who choose to listen to it and understand everything that happened to her during this time. One Survivor Remembers was a very eye-opening film to watch and different things done by the creators of the film helped bring Weissmann’s story to life in the minds of many of the viewers. …show more content…
This HBO production was made in concert with the United States Holocaust Museum. Antholis had a real connection to this film because his mother grew up in Greece during World War II when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi organization occupied it. Listening to Weissmann’s story helped give him an understanding about what his mother went through during the time of the Holocaust. This film was similar to another film he produced called The Children of Chabannes, which was based on Nazi children during the time of the