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Uncle Benno
Uncovering family lost in the Holocaust
directed by George Lerner Emmy®-nominated journalist
produced by Tia Lessin
Oscar®-nominated filmmaker
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A filmmaker’s search for family lost in the Holocaust leads him to his aged
Uncle Benno, a combative man of dubious reputation. They embark on a journey
across Poland, into their family's complicated and tragic past.
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“The worst survived, the selfish, the violent, the insensitive, the collaborators of the grey zone, the spies. The best all died.”
Primo Levi
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