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Who Will Write Our History

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In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decided to fight back. Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group vows to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda, not with guns or fists but with pen and paper.
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Tim Cogshell FilmWeek (LAist) Sep 18, 2019
It's really quite striking. First of all, the actual content of the film is devastating... [And] it's not a documentary. I think we need a new term for what this is. Go to Full Review Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle Mar 6, 2019
2.5/4
The film has problems, despite the inarguable worthiness of the material. Go to Full Review Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor Feb 15, 2019
A-
I'm not a fan of reenactments in documentaries, especially when, as here, the real-life footage is so searing. But the staged sequences are tastefully done... This film is itself an important act of historical reclamation. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jan 27, 2022
B
An emotionally moving, sobering and exhausting Holocaust documentary. Go to Full Review Betsy Bozdech AWFJ.org Oct 26, 2021
Grossman's documentary is a powerful piece of filmmaking. Hearing Auerbach's own words (read by Joan Allen) and learning what the Oyneg Shabes contributors risked to make sure that history never forgot the residents of the Warsaw Ghetto... Go to Full Review Cate Marquis AWFJ.org Oct 26, 2021
Director Roberta Grossman's moving documentary is especially well-suited to the task... Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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May 7, 2019 Amazingly well-done film about an amazing chapter in history. See more May 3, 2019 always talking and making movies about the holocaust 😒. what about any other genocide that happen through out history. what about the holodomer? See more May 1, 2019 Such a powerful and important film. Watch however you can! See more Apr 24, 2019 Extremely well done and very impactful. I was truly moved and so happy to have heard this story. See more Feb 11, 2019 Profound documentary about the writers and archivists who struggled to preserve the culture and simultaneous destruction of their community,the warsaw ghetto. See more Read all reviews
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Roberta Grossman

Director

Joan Allen

Narrator

Jowita Budnik

Rachela Auerbach

Piotr Głowacki

Emanuel Ringelblum

Piotr Jankowski

Hersz Wasser

Wojciech Zieliński

Abraham Lewin

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Synopsis In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decided to fight back. Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group vows to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda, not with guns or fists but with pen and paper.
Director
Roberta Grossman
Producer
Roberta Grossman
Screenwriter
Roberta Grossman
Distributor
Abramorama
Production Co
Katahdin Productions, Match&Spark
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 18, 2019, Limited
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
May 1, 2019
Release Date (Streaming)
May 4, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$117.4K
Runtime
1h 35m
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