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Surviving Skokie

(Surviving Skokie)
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Original Title : Surviving Skokie
Time : 66 Min
Genre : Documentary
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2015
Director : Eli Adler, Blair Gershkow
Writer : Blair Gershkow
Producer : No data available
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : English
About : Surviving Skokie, an intensely personal documentary, explores the effects of a late 1970s threatened neo-Nazi march in Skokie, IL on its large Holocaust survivor population. Thousands of survivors comprised 10 percent of this Chicago ...See moreSurviving Skokie, an intensely personal documentary, explores the effects of a late 1970s threatened neo-Nazi march in Skokie, IL on its large Holocaust survivor population. Thousands of survivors comprised 10 percent of this Chicago suburb, including Jack, the father of co-producer, Eli Adler. The relationship between father and son deepens as they return to Poland, where Eli learns more about the extended family that perished during the Shoah. Together they retrace the painful and debilitating journey through two ghettos and two concentration camps. Included are poignant commentaries and archival footage of the historical events spanning 70 years and two continents. Written by Anonymous See less Read more: Plot summary

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