ECHOES OF THE HOLOCAUST
September 21, 2009
WPBT2 Premiere on Wednesday,
September 23 at 8:00 p.m.
To the
survivors who frequent it, this is holy ground . . . a Jewish
cemetery for the countless souls who perished during the
Holocaust, and for whom no grave stone, burial marker or final
resting place exists. But the true power of the Holocaust Memorial of
Miami Beach can be witnessed when survivors - serving as docents or guides
– begin gathering . . . to tell their stories of survival to school children,
tourists and visitor groups from across the globe.
ECHOES OF THE HOLOCAUST, premiering
September 23rd at 8:00pm on WPBT2, offers an intimate look at four
of the survivor docents as they conduct tours of the memorial, but the tours
aren’t just informational. The docents relive personal tragedies, of their
loved ones who perished and their own private terror, pain and humiliations,
and the occasional light of a miracle.
These witnesses to history are the Memorial’s watchmen and women. And for the
past two decades, they have come . . . every day, rain or shine, as part of a
sacred obligation: to never forget.
From the day the Memorial opened, the landscape of
In 2006, the Memorial’s leaders embarked on a mission to preserve some of the
survivor’s tours on film, so that the echoes of their words live on. With each
passing year, there are fewer survivors left. When the Holocaust Memorial
of Miami Beach opened in 1990, there were 25 survivor docents giving tours. The
following short films capture four of the Memorial’s remaining survivors.
Joe Dziubak:
Born in
David Schaecter:
Born in the wine country of
Ann Rosenheck:
Born in the Czech city of
Morris Rosenblatt:
After his town in
Their
stories are testimony to the indomitable human spirit and presented in this
context, on the grounds of the Holocaust Memorial of Miami Beach, they serve as
both a living history and reminder to never forget.
ECHOES OF THE HOLOCAUST was directed
by Jerry Levine and produced by David Michael Scharlin and Charles Treister
This film was made possible through
generous grants from The Holocaust Memorial, Greater Miami Jewish Federation, The
State of Florida Dept. of Education, The Robert Russell Foundation,the Family
and Friends of Morris Rosenblatt, z”l, Andy and Adam Hall, Ezra Katz, and
Gloria Scharlin
I don't know if this is the same Joe Dziubak related to my mom. Her name is Elaine Hoffman. Born in 1928 in Brooklyn, NY. Daughter of Joe and Libby Hoffman. I am trying to locate him. Last that we heard, he was living in Florida?
Posted by: Alison Goldner | October 15, 2009 at 09:44 PM