Nackt unter Wölfen
In the last weeks of World War II, inmates of Buchenwald concentration camp hide a Polish child from the SS guards, hoping that the advance of the American forces will set them free.
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"Although the story of Communist Buchenwald prisoners saving a three-year old-child is based on a real person, Stefan Jerzy Lec, Holocaust researcher Annette Leo recreated the true story in her book and documentary "The Child on the List" (2018). Once the boy had been found, he was put on a list of 200 children to be deported to Auschwitz, his name being the last; one of the Kapos then replaced his name (and of eleven others) with the Sinto Willy Blum, who was then transported to (and murdered in) Auschwitz in his stead (with his brother). In the film, the boy is saved because his dis..."
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As the movie reached a large audience, it caused the real "child of Buchenwald"-Stefan Jerzy Zweig, who survived the camp as a four-year-old, and was now living in Tel Aviv-to become aware of the novel and the film based on his experience. He came to East Germany and studied Camera at the film academy in Babelsberg.
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In the last weeks of World War II, inmates of Buchenwald concentration camp hide a Polish child from the SS guards, hoping that the advance of the American forces will set them free.