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Back to the Fatherland opens in New York

14th June 2019

BACK TO THE FATHERLAND is the story of young people leaving their home country to try their luck somewhere else.

A universal tale in today’s globalized world, weren’t these young women and men moving from Israel to the countries where their families were persecuted and killed less than a century ago, Germany and Austria.
A film by and for the 3rd generation.

Gil and Kat, both filmmakers, struck up a friendship during their time at college in New York City ten years ago. Gil comes from Israel, Kat from Austria. Their families’ history is strikingly different. Gil is the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, Kat is one of a Nazi officer.

The exodus of many young secular Israelis to Germany and Austria prompt Gil and Kat to embark on a journey: to find other grandchildren of Holocaust survivors who had moved to Germany and Austria and learn how their grandparents reacted to that decision. Could returning to the site of their pain decades ago create reconciliation between generations?

BACK TO THE FATHERLAND follows the journey of three families in transition; Israeli grandchildren from the “Third Generation” and their respective grandparents. The film deals with both sides of the historic tragedy and the attempt to build their own future, without ignoring the past.

Feature Documentary, 75 mins, In English, German and Hebrew (with English subtitles)

Website: backtothefatherland

Location and time:
June 14th in NYC – Cinema Village

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Date:
14th June 2019
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Website:
https://backtothefatherland.com/