Dear Fredy.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bloomsbury Press.

Language:

Czech

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Politics--History.

Politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file)

Distribution:

London: Bloomsbury Video. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2022.

Other Title:

Bloomsbury Video Library.

Place of Publication:

Footscray, Victoria: Docs For education - EREZ LAUFER FILMS. 1994.

Biography/History:

Director: Rubi Gat ; Producers: Rubi Gat, Sahar ben Hur ; Editor: Erez Laufer ; Original Music: Ido Goldberg ; Sound Design: Ronen Nagel ; Art Director: Yael Ozsinay ; Animation design: Mind The Gap Animation .

Summary:

Fredy Hirsch was born in Germany, a proud Jew and openly gay man he was 19 years old when the Nuremberg Laws were published, he fled from Germany to the Czech Republic which was conquered by the Nazis. He began activities in the Czech Republic as a sports teacher in Jewish youth club, and soon became his students' object of admiration. With the deportation of the Jews to Ghetto Terezin, Fredy was appointed head of the youth department and dealt with over than 4,000 youth. When he arrived in Auschwitz, Fredy did not succumb to despair. He persuaded Mengele to set up a daycare center for children and youth and granted some 600 children their final moments of happiness. It might be that in Auschwitz, for the first time in his life, Fredy Hirsch didn't experience Homophobia. He had a lover, he was out and people loved him for all the good he did. Together with members of the underground in Auschwitz, he planned a revolt that never came to pass, following his death, which remains a mystery, and which this film attempts to reveal. The story of Fredy Hirsch is another link in the history of the gay community. The film combines interviews, archival materials and animation. .

Credits:

Director, Rubi Gat ; film editor, Erez Laufer ; producer, Rubi Gat, Sahar ben Hur.

Notes:

Content warning: Intolerance of a religious, ethnic, racial, gendered or other social group.

ISBN:

9781350911628

OCLC:

1356503920

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.