Nazi Germany attacks the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941 and mobile death squads advance through Eastern Europe. Over a million people are shot dead by the so-called Einsatzgruppe. But the Nazis want to be more efficient in their killing and start using gas.
Extermination camps are built to exterminate all Jews throughout Europe. The Nazis call it the final solution to the Jewish question.
It is almost impossible to get out of the well-guarded Treblinka extermination camp, but together with his newfound friend, Leon hides under a pile of clothes in a freight car. When the locomotive comes to collect the wagon, they hope to be able to go with it, out of Treblinka.
Cast:
Leon Rytz, survivor from Warsaw, Poland.
Ester Rytz, survivor from Lodz in Poland.
Naomi Rytz, granddaughter of Ester and Leon Rytz.
Karin Kvist Geverts, docent in history and specialized in the Holocaust.
Stรฉphane Bruchfeld, historian of ideas and co-author of the book “Om detta may ni tellar”.
Portions of the interviews in this program come from the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive.
Reporter: Ida Lundqvist.
Producer: Rosa Fernandez.
Source: ICELAND NEWS