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UnBroken
96-minutes
The daughter of a Holocaust survivor, embarks on an international quest to uncover answers about the plight of her mother and her six siblings who, as mere children, escaped Nazi Germany relying solely on their own youthful bravado and the kindness of German strangers.
Screening day / time
  • Oct 20 (Sun): Block 2 - 11:10am
  • Oct 24-27: NOT AVAILABLE during Virtual Encore

UnBroken

Filmmakers
Running Time
Feature Film
96 minutes
Genres
Documentary, Feature

UnBroken

2024 Madelyn’s Choice Award Winner

UnBroken chronicles the seven Weber siblings who evaded certain capture and death, and ultimately escaped Nazi Germany following their mother’s incarceration and murder at Auschwitz. After being hidden in a laundry hut by a benevolent farmer, the children spent two years on their own in wartorn Germany.

Emboldened by their father’s mandate that they ‘always stay together,’ the children used their own cunning and instincts to fight through hunger, loneliness, rape, bombings and fear. Their journey culminates with a painful ultimatum, when, separated from their father, they are told that they must declare themselves as orphans in order to escape to a new life in America. Unbeknownst to them, this salvation would become what would finally tear them apart, not to be reunited for another 40 years.

*Available in-person only.

Film details
Year(s) screened
  • 2024
Subtitles
None
More information
Where to Watch
Festival screenings
Screening Day / Time
  • Oct 20 (Sun): Block 2 - 11:10am
  • Oct 24-27: NOT AVAILABLE during Virtual Encore
Awards

Madelyn's Choice Award Winner

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