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Who Will Write Our History (37 min. 2018)
In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, a secret
band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decided to fight back. Led by historian
Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group of
journalists, scholars, and community leaders in the Warsaw Ghetto vowed to defeat Nazi lies
and propaganda not with guns or fists, but with pen and paper.
Who Will Write Our History mixes the writings of the Oyneg Shabes archive with new
interviews, rarely seen footage and stunning dramatizations to transport us inside the Ghetto
and the lives of these courageous resistance fighters. They defied their enemy with the ultimate
weapon – the truth – and risked everything so that their archive would survive the war, even if
they did not. Audience Award- International Jewish Film Festival
Advisory: Scenes of War
- DirectorRoberta Grossman
Who Will Write Our History (37 min. 2018)
In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, a secret
band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decided to fight back. Led by historian
Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group of
journalists, scholars, and community leaders in the Warsaw Ghetto vowed to defeat Nazi lies
and propaganda not with guns or fists, but with pen and paper.
Who Will Write Our History mixes the writings of the Oyneg Shabes archive with new
interviews, rarely seen footage and stunning dramatizations to transport us inside the Ghetto
and the lives of these courageous resistance fighters. They defied their enemy with the ultimate
weapon – the truth – and risked everything so that their archive would survive the war, even if
they did not. Audience Award- International Jewish Film Festival
Advisory: Scenes of War
- DirectorRoberta Grossman
