Five Jewish Hungarians, now US citizens, tell their stories: before March 1944, when Nazis began to exterminate Hungarian Jews, months in concentration camps, and visiting childhood homes more than 50 years later. An historian, a Sonderkommando, a doctor who experimented on Auschwitz prisoners, and US soldiers who were part of the liberation in April 1945.
Direction
Moll lets silence breathe — no manipulative score needed.
Production
Spielberg's Shoah Foundation pedigree shows in every frame.
Director
James Moll
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'banana' keyword refers to Bill Basch's first post-liberation food — a moment of pure joy that became the film's unexpected emotional anchor.
Produced by Spielberg's Shoah Foundation, this was part of a urgent 1990s mission to record testimony before survivors passed — many interviewed here have since died.
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