Last Journey Into Silence
Human-Interest Documentaries
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50m
Filmed at the Shaar Menashe Hospital in Israel, this heartbreaking documentary examines the plight of elderly Holocaust survivors whose war-time experiences have left them unable to find inner peace.
Year: 2001
Languages: Yiddish & Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Shosh Shlam
Writer: Shosh Shlam
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