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201776 minPGdocumentary

Religious History

My Mother

201776 minPGdocumentary

A deeply religious Jewish girl born in Ukraine in 1902 transformed into an atheist and communist by her death in Copenhagen in 1985.

Religious History

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Maj Wechselmann

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A deeply religious Jewish girl born in Ukraine in 1902 transformed into an atheist and communist by her death in Copenhagen in 1985.

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Maj Wechselmann

Maj Wechselmanndirector

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Using the mother’s life and constant flight as the main thread, the film shows us a deeply religious, Jewish girl, born in the Ukraine in 1902, who died an atheist and communist in Copenhagen in 1985.

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