Family treasures lost and found.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Rock, Marcia, director.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frenkel, Karen A--Family.

Frenkel, Karen A.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Children of Holocaust survivors--United States--Biography.

Children of Holocaust survivors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (01:16:14)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Good Docs, 2024.

Language Note:

Closed-captions in English.

Summary:

Journalist Karen A. Frenkel investigates her relatives' unspoken stories of survival and the extremely unlikely odds of escaping the Nazis. Family Treasures is her detective story; an intergenerational sleuthing adventure using journalistic research techniques to fill gaps in her family's unspoken wartime tales. This documentary series is more than a personal story, though; with Karen's family as a model, it provides historical and cultural context to her parents' and sole-surviving grandfather's unusual plights. They were not interned in concentration camps and survived through cunning and luck, which underscores their renewed relevance to displaced persons today. Karen's astonishing revelations document her family's travails while enslaved or hounded throughout Europe, Cuba, Mexico, and to New York and Palestine. They illuminate the hidden truths surrounding tragic losses. Family Treasures also covers the pre-war culture of assimilated Polish Jews, antisemitism, key moments in WWII, resistance to fascism, altruism, serendipity, and great loss. Ultimately, Karen solves many mysteries, honors her parents and the lost, and finds a deep sense of connection to those she never met. This five-part series Discussion Guide navigates teachers through steps in family history research: 1. Oral History; 2. Google Anything; 3. Sleuthing Archives; 4. Value of Visiting; and 5. Family Tree.

Participant:

Director, Marcia Rock.

Notes:

Description based on XML content.

ISBN:

979-83-488-6311-1

OCLC:

1584443134

Publisher Number:

302677