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Only a month ago, my mother surprised me with an e-mail inviting me to a ceremony in Warsaw in June to honour the Polish family who sheltered my infant father during WWII as “Righteous Among the Nations.”
Until this correspondence, I had no idea that we had any living connection to those who hid my infant father from the Nazis. I had never heard their names, nor was there any other indication that they existed – or that if they were “out there” somewhere that we might, one day, be in contact.
I knew immediately this would be a monumental trip for my family and a rare window into a fleeting moment in history – I simply had to tell this story. I dropped everything to work on making this vision a reality.
After a lifetime of wondering in vain, I finally have an opportunity to meet the woman who was my father's foster-sister for the first years of his life; to put names, faces and stories to the mystery of his Holocaust survivorship.
In listening to, and weaving together, these stories, I aim to honour the unspoken narratives in a family history steeped in “captial-H” History.
This film will follow me and my family on a journey that spans decades, continents and generations.
Here's how you can help
We have less than a month in which to pull together the required resources and funding to start filming.
Our current goal is to raise $5000 prior to departure to cover our basic production expenses during this trip. If you are in a position to make a financial contribution to help us cover these initial expenses, please click here to donate online (Paypal or Credit Card), donate to our Fundrazr campaign, or send an e-transfer or Interac payment to <ofstarsandsmokedoc@gmail.com> – no amount is too big or small, everything helps!
Learn more about the project here or follow us on facebook and please help us spread the word!
Thanks so much :)
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