During the year 1942, as part of the third Reich’s propaganda campaigned a group of German film crew begins shooting inside the Jewish walls of the Warsaw Ghetto. Although their goal to create such film in unknown (since only little bits of film footage were found) testimonies of survivors and close examining of the film showed how scenes were staged and cast despite being made to look like a documentary.
In her film “A film Unfinished” Yael Hersonski examines the Nazi’s purpose in trying to portray the lives of the Jewish community of the Warsaw Ghetto. The scenes show how half a million Jews were squeezed into a walked in city of less than three square miles.
In her film “A film Unfinished” Yael Hersonski examines the Nazi’s purpose in trying to portray the lives of the Jewish community of the Warsaw Ghetto. The scenes show how half a million Jews were squeezed into a walked in city of less than three square miles.