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AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER -- 2024 MIAMI JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
999: The Forgotten Girls of the Holocaust reveals the untold story of 999 unmarried, young Jewish women initially registered for government service in a purported shoe factory, only to be tragically sent to Auschwitz. Who were these young women? Why were they chosen? How did a handful survive over three years in the death camps? 94-year-old Edith Grosman — #1970 — and other survivors reveal the truth of this almost completely ignored piece of women's history, the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz. Director and author of the international best-sellers, "999-The Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz" and "Rena’s Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz," Heather Dune Macadam has spent the past 11 years interviewing survivors all over the world, who were in their 90s — only five of whom are still alive today. Digging through family and government archives, she unearthed ground-breaking research, revealing this never-before-told story. Told from a uniquely female perspective, this sorority of survival asks the poignant question: why were girls targeted first?
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Closed captions for this film were made possible with the generous support of the Miami Jewish Abilities Alliance, a program of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.
- Year2023
- Runtime88 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, German, Hebrew, Slovak
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereSoutheast US Premiere
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorHeather Dune Macadam
- ScreenwriterHeather Dune Macadam
- CastEdith Grosman
- CinematographerStephen Hopkins
- EditorBeatriz Calleja
If you would like to donate to support our efforts, you can do so by clicking here. You can also experience all the films streaming in the Festival's virtual program by purchasing an All-Access Virtual Pass by clicking here.
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER -- 2024 MIAMI JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
999: The Forgotten Girls of the Holocaust reveals the untold story of 999 unmarried, young Jewish women initially registered for government service in a purported shoe factory, only to be tragically sent to Auschwitz. Who were these young women? Why were they chosen? How did a handful survive over three years in the death camps? 94-year-old Edith Grosman — #1970 — and other survivors reveal the truth of this almost completely ignored piece of women's history, the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz. Director and author of the international best-sellers, "999-The Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz" and "Rena’s Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz," Heather Dune Macadam has spent the past 11 years interviewing survivors all over the world, who were in their 90s — only five of whom are still alive today. Digging through family and government archives, she unearthed ground-breaking research, revealing this never-before-told story. Told from a uniquely female perspective, this sorority of survival asks the poignant question: why were girls targeted first?
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Closed captions for this film were made possible with the generous support of the Miami Jewish Abilities Alliance, a program of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.
- Year2023
- Runtime88 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, German, Hebrew, Slovak
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereSoutheast US Premiere
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorHeather Dune Macadam
- ScreenwriterHeather Dune Macadam
- CastEdith Grosman
- CinematographerStephen Hopkins
- EditorBeatriz Calleja