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My Mother, My Hero
My Mother, My Hero, a ten part documentary series, presents the dramatic stories of 8 women who survived the
Holocaust. They went on to marry and raise families. They learned to be strong, to develop many skills and to
control their emotions.
As parents, these women raised their children differently. They remembered the horrors of the Holocaust and they
continued to live with that trauma and anxiety daily. But many also survived as a result of the goodness, generosity
and love of human beings who risked their lives to save them. From the complete devastation of faith in
humanity to the tenuous connections with those who showed a depth of courage and kindness, these women rose
up from emotional ruins to travel their own paths to love and nurture their children.
We hear their stories as they talk about their experiences during the Holocaust and their lives afterwards. Their
children reveal the coolness and warmth, the thinness and the depths of their mothers’ nurturing efforts. Each of
these stories explores parenthood while dealing with post traumatic distress. This series offers personal insights
and professional perspectives on overcoming devastating adversity while raising a family.
Families around the world - from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America have survived unspeakable
atrocities. Like the families interviewed, many now live in North America and carry on. This series is an
inspiration to individuals and families from all backgrounds as they restore their lives and their family core. The
final program in this series presents psychologists and specialists in this area who give their professional perspectives
on family growth and dynamics while living with trauma.
10 X 24:00; 2002 Library Audience: General; School Audience: Gr. 10 - Post Sec.; Price: $195.00 each; Series: $1,495.00
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My Mother, My Hero
Episode 1: THE SPECIALISTS
Six leading experts provide an informative and thought
provoking analysis of the effects the Holocaust has had on
the way in which Mother-child relationships developed
after the war.
Episode 2: THOUSANDS OF CHICKENS
From childhood, Michelle Bude had a keen sense of dealing
with people and quickly became a fierce business
woman. After losing all her family in the Holocaust, her
determination for success grew stronger and she established
Australia’s first large scale poultry farm, teaching
her daughter, Norma, through example, what hard work can
achieve.
Episode 3: TELL ME ANOTHER RECIPE
Belgian child survivor, Alex Buckman tells of the incredible
book of recipes which his mother, Rebecca Buckman
Tietelbaum secretly created and read out to the starving
women of Ravensbruk at night, in an attempt to raise their
shattered spirits.
Episode 4: WHAT ABOUT MY SISTER? (part 1)
In this two part program, a child survivor of the Warsaw
Ghetto, Lillian Boraks-Nemetz, tells of her parents daring
plot to bribe the guards and allow her to walk out of the
ghetto to freedom.
Episode 5: BAD NEWS TO COME (part 2)
In this second of a two part show, Child survivor Lillian
Boraks-Nemetz describes how her experiences of the war
stripped her of her childhood and how her family life as a
grown adult suffered as a result.
Episode 6: WHAT DID WE DO TO
DESERVE THIS?
Susie Micner was a teenager during the war and was fortunate
to be able to flee war torn Europe and travel with her
family to North West Asia. Upon her return she realized
the devastation that had occurred with the loss of millions
of European Jews. While she laments over the loss of so
many, her greatest loss is far more personal. She reflects
with her son, Jack, on how this affected their family.
Episode 7: A REAL BALABOUSTA
For Ed Lewin and his sister, Karen Cohen, Rose Lewin is
the most incredible mother anyone could ask for.
Underneath the abundant love and smiling family is the
true dark secret of Rose’s forced imprisonment in
Ravensbruk, the notorious women’s labour camp. Evident
is the amazing spirit she has adopted and brought back into
her family to this very day.
Episode 8: NO KISSES, NO HUGS
Malka Pischanitskaya, a Ukrainian Holocaust survivor,
reflects, perhaps for the first time, with her daughters Inna
and Galina, how witnessing the murders of everyone
around her contributed to her inability to be physically
close with people whom she loves.
Episode 9: WANTING TO BE NORMAL
Polish survivor Celina Lieberman and daughter Peppa
Martin explore the nature of their Mother-Daughter relationship
in this honest, poignant account of truth and family
revelation.
Episode 10: I JUST WANT TO FORGET
Susan Leipnik was an adult during the Holocaust and was
marked for death in the Ravensbruk labour camp. She
stayed alive by thinking about the man she married only
several weeks before the Holocaust began. Her memories
and feelings are discussed with her son Peter, for the very
first time, as this documentary was filmed.
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E-mail: info@filmwest.com Website: www.filmwest.com