An incredible movie. How do you portray a life that doesn't exist anymore? A Jewish life. For centuries Jews have been living in small towns in East Europe, so called "shtetlers". Today there are almost no Jews in shtetlers. Many became victims of the Holocaust. Many emigrated to Israel, USA or Germany at the end of the 20th century. Now there are only old houses and a synagogue in shtetlers - abandoned an dilapidated. The camera shows these. But in a miraculous way, there is still Jewish life in the shtetlers. The ukrainian neighbors who keep the memories alive tell us about this Jewish life. Through these narratives, it becomes clear what a tremendous impact Jewish shtetlers culture still has today.
Moreover, this movie shows Jews who were born and raised in the shtetlers and are now scattered all over the world. They also preserve this dying culture, by for example singing Yiddish songs that their grandparents sang and that hardly anyone knows nowadays or by cooking "gefilte" fish after their mother's recipe.
There is much more in this movie that takes us into the vanished world of the shtetler s, in a way no other documentary movie has done it before. A must-watch!
Efim Schuhmann, Journalist and Descendant of the Jews from Shtetlers
Germany.
Moreover, this movie shows Jews who were born and raised in the shtetlers and are now scattered all over the world. They also preserve this dying culture, by for example singing Yiddish songs that their grandparents sang and that hardly anyone knows nowadays or by cooking "gefilte" fish after their mother's recipe.
There is much more in this movie that takes us into the vanished world of the shtetler s, in a way no other documentary movie has done it before. A must-watch!
Efim Schuhmann, Journalist and Descendant of the Jews from Shtetlers
Germany.