Written, Produced, Directed, and Photographed by Oren Rudavsky Written and Edited by Zelda Greenstein Animation by Joel Orloff and Jazzmen Lee Johnson Original Music by Olivier Manchon and Clare Manchon Associate Producer and Assistant Editor Clare Redden Assistant Editor Nikita Liamzine Colorist Ken Sirulnick Graphics Andrew Roberts Sound Mix Evan Benjamin Sound Recording Alex Goldberg Additional Photography David Leitner Multicam Shoot Tom Ragan Films Editing Consultant Michael Chomet Additional Sound Eli Rudavsky Assistant Animator Dom Lounds Riley Thompson Executive Producer Heidi Rieger This film was made possible through the generous support of: Producers: The Scharf Family The Schneider-Lesser Foundation Jane and Mark Wilf Co-Producers Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Helen and Scott Krawitz Memorial Fund Leir Charitable Foundations Heidi and Richard Rieger UJA-Federation of New York Friends John and Staci Barber Patti Kenner/Indian Trail Charitable Foundation Simona and Scott Krawitz Carol and Steven Tepper Nell and Victor Wyler Witness Theater Site Staff: Drama Therapist/Director Sally Shatzkes Project and Production Assistant Jeanne Franco Selfhelp Social Work Supervisor Fran Tarnish Selfhelp Social Worker Halley Goldberg Witness Theater Participants Holocaust Survivors: Claudine Barbot Ernest Biederman Eazek Blum Agnes Friedman Khana Kuperman Aron Tambor Cipora Tambor Elizeveta Vigonskaia Students: Shelly Alkadaa Ricky Aboutboul Samantha Chabot Sarali Cohen Deborah Coopersmith Frida Eskenazy Sheila Franco Amanda Heskiel Diana Hoffstein Mimi Lazerowitz Isaac Levi Suzy Mosseri Abie Rosow Estelle Saad Max Shemtob Jane Zakay SelfHelp Community Services: Stuart Kaplan Hanan Simhon Lois Deutsch Adeena Horowitz Eve Udesky Elizabeth Lynn Archival Footage and Photographs: Critical Past Global ImageWorks Witness Theater Participants Personal Photo Collections United States Holocaust Museum Imperial War Museum Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive National Institute for Holocaust Documentation United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Footage courtesy of: James Vogel National Archives & Records Administration Gasul Family Filmoteka Narodowa Library of Congress Eli Schaap Music: Air To Air Aiini Taqtiru (My Eyes Weep) Written by Osvaldo Golijov Performed by Clare Manchon & Olivier Manchon Courtesy of Concord Music Publishing/ Boosey & Hawkes Flow Written and Performed by Paul Michael Harris Courtesy of Audio Network Arab Riots Written and Performed by Clare Manchon & Olivier Manchon Courtesy of Babella Family Publishing, ASCAP Aliyah (Piano) Written and Performed by Clare Manchon & Olivier Manchon Courtesy of Babella Family Publishing, ASCAP Morning Light Written and Performed by David Michael & Lee Pomeroy Courtesy of Audio Network K’Li Zemer - Rikkudim (Dances) Written and Performed by Robert Starer Courtesy of Keiser Southern Music and Naxos Thoughts Written and Performed by David Michael & Lee Pomeroy Courtesy of Audio Network Buenos Aires Tango Written by Jean Grobler Courtesy of The Diner Klezmer Rondos Written and Performed by Paul Schoenfield Courtesy of Paul Schoenfield and Naxos Bearded Lady Written and Performed by David O’Brien Courtesy of Audio Network Quelle est Cette Odeur 2 Arranged by Jonathan Girling Courtesy of Audio Network Illusionist Written and Performed by David O’Brien Courtesy of Audio Network Saygun Op. 31 Written by Solen Dikener Performed by Clare Manchon & Olivier Manchon Courtesy of Solen Dikener Zichron (Viola) Written and Performed by Clare Manchon & Olivier Manchon Courtesy of Babella Family Publishing, ASCAP First Aliyah (Piano) Written and Performed by Clare Manchon & Olivier Manchon Courtesy of Babella Family Publishing, ASCAP The Dreams & Prayers Of Isaac The Blind - Teneramente, Ruvido, Presto Written by Osvaldo Golijov Performed by St. Lawrence String Quartet - Todd Palmer, Tara Helen O’Connor, Mark Dresser & Ying Quartet Courtesy of Concord Music Publishing/ Boosey & Hawkes Inscriptions for String Quartet: I.B.S. Written by Osvaldo Golijov Performed by St. Lawrence String Quartet- Todd Palmer, Tara Helen O’Connor, Mark Dresser & Ying Quartet Courtesy of Concord Music Publishing/ Boosey & Hawkes Newsreel Witness Written and Performed by Clare Manchon & Olivier Manchon Courtesy of Babella Family Publishing, ASCAP Filmed With Emotion Written and Performed by Andreas Georgallis, Ben Ziapour, Jason Pedder, Tim Reily Courtesy of Audio Network Gazing Written and Performed by Patrick Hawes Courtesy of Audio Network Gazing (5) Written and Performed by Patrick Hawes Courtesy of Audio Network Quick Stick 2 Written and Performed by Lincoln Grounds Courtesy of Audio Network Quick Sticks 4 Written and Performed by Lincoln Grounds Courtesy of Audio Network Canzonetta Written and Performed by Jacob Weinberg Courtesy of Naxos and Keiser Southern Music Lullaby & Doina For Flute, Clarinet, Double Bass, & String Quartet - Lullaby Written by Osvaldo Golijov Performed by St. Lawrence String Quartet - Todd Palmer, Tara Helen O’Connor, Mark Dresser & Ying Quartet Courtesy of Concord Music Publishing/ Boosey & Hawkes Aron Fishing Written and Performed by Clare Manchon & Olivier Manchon Courtesy of Babella Family Publishing, ASCAP Chicken Dance Written and Performed by Clare Manchon & Olivier Manchon Courtesy of Babella Family Publishing, ASCAP 7- Youth L&L Written and Performed by Clare Manchon & Olivier Manchon Courtesy of Babella Family Publishing, ASCAP Balfour St. Written and Performed by Clare Manchon & Olivier Manchon Courtesy of Babella Family Publishing, ASCAP ETS Written and Performed by Clare Manchon & Olivier Manchon Courtesy of Babella Family Publishing, ASCAP Special Thanks To: The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust The Staff of Selfhelp Community Services The Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany Yarden Smith Family Fund The Jewish Communal Fund The Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School The Abraham Joshua Heschel School The JDC Israel-Eshel Marlene Meyerson JCC of Manhattan Glue Edit & Design Larry Abramsky Diane Bacher Staci Barber Rosa Blum Debra Lee Charatan Edward B. Cohen Helen Cooper Amanda Crater Ezra Dagan Irit Dagan Menachem Daum Ben Feldman Maggie Gad Brian Gelfand Yvette Green Jessica Greenbaum David Greenstein Yonah Greenstein Jessica Gribetz Nadine Habousha Stefanie Halpern Rosemary Kaplan Judy Katz Patti Kenner Simona Krawitz Dr. Michael Lesser Joy Levitt Bruce Levy Toby Levy Nick Levitin Mike Lubin Jed Markus Ilse Melamid Andrea Miller Joseph Pariente Sherry Perlman Miguel Ramirez Ed Robbins Ramon Rivera Moret Andrea Roberts Gwen Rodriguez Lauren Rosenkranz Rosie Rudavsky Nava Saad Richard Scharf Robert Scheibe Katie Schneider Mindy Schneider Raymond Schrag Jan Schwartz Valerie Schweitzer Daniel Shatzkes Lilian Sicular Gideon Taylor Ilana Trachtman Sue Vaccaro Jenny Velarde - Ragan Morgen Warner Dr. Ruth Westheimer Evelyn Wolff Megan Whitman Vital Zajka