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201559 minPGdocumentary

Goodbye Theresienstadt

201559 minPGdocumentary

In October 1943, 470 Danish Jews were captured and sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp, where six survivors return to recount their harrowing experiences.

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Carl Otto Dethlefsen,

Jonatan Jerichow

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In October 1943, 470 Danish Jews were captured and sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp, where six survivors return to recount their harrowing experiences.

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Carl Otto Dethlefsendirector

Jonatan Jerichowdirector

Ellen Oppenhejmcast

Sofie Gråbøl

Sofie Gråbølcast

Julian Isherwoodcast

Synopsis

In October 1943, during World War II, approximately 7,000 Jews fled from Denmark to Sweden to escape Nazi persecution. However, 470 individuals were captured and transported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Seventy years later, six Danish Jews, who were children at the time, return to Theresienstadt to recount their harrowing experiences. Their narratives detail the failed escape attempts, the brutal conditions endured in the camp, and the eventual liberation in the final weeks of the war, highlighting the resilience of those who survived.

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