Event

Treblinka's Last Witness

Treblinka's Last Witness
West Coast Premiere
Documentary/USA/2014/100 minutes
Directed by Alan Tomlinson
English, Polish and Hebrew with English subtitles

Samuel Willenberg, now 92 years old, is the last living survivor of the Treblinka death camp where an estimated 900,000 Jews were murdered in a period of just 13 months at the height of World War II. Still haunted 70 years later by the horrors he witnessed, Samuel has immortalized the Treblinka story in a series of bronze sculptures of the tragic victims who dwell indelibly in his memory like ghosts. These breathtaking sculptures, together with archival footage and photographs illustrate Samuel's riveting narrative.

Q&A with director Alan Tomilson & producer and Holocaust scholar, Michael Berenbaum.

Sponsored by the Consulate General of Poland in Los Angeles and the Sigi Ziering Institute at the American Jewish University.