The Holocaust Education Film Foundation proudly presents Surviving Birkenau, the story of Dr. Susan Spatz, née Eckstein, as told in her vivid and emotionally compelling own words at the age of 96. With the assistance of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, filmmaker Ron Small (To Auschwitz and Back) brings Susan Spatz's story to the forefront for generations to witness.
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