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Director Marisa Fox showing a survivor a photo of her mother. Photo by Andrew Abrahams. (c) My Underground Mother (Download)

‘YOUR MOTHER NEVER TOLD YOU ?’ NEW FILM SPOTLIGHTS SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN NAZI LABOR CAMPS

- Judy Maltz, Haaretz

Gabersdorf survivor Lola Grunbaum - Israel shows director Marisa Fox the train tracks connecting her mothers hometown of Sosnowiec with Auschwitz. Photo by Slawomir Grunbereg. (c) My Underground Mother (Download)

JOURNALIST THOUGHT HER ISRAELI FREEDOM-FIGHTER MOTHER HID SOMETHING BIG. SHE WAS RIGHT.

-Renee Ghert-Zand, Times of Israel

Director Marisa Fox emerging in the hall at Gabersdorf. Photo by Slawomir Grunberg. © My Underground Mother (Download)

’MY UNDERGOUND MOTHER’ UNCOVERS A HIDDEN HOLOCAUST HISTORY

- Rae Alexandra, KQED

Gabersdorf survivor Sara Bialas with director Marisa Fox in the remains of the factory where the Jewish women’s camp was based. Photo by Slawomir Grunberg. © My Underground Mother (Download)

MY UNDERGROUND MOTHER -- MARISA FOX INTERVIEW

- Andrea Chase, Behind the Scenes/PRX.org

Hela Hocherman (L) with Lorka/Leah Gleitman (to her right) and other members of Hanoar Hatzioni in the Sosnowiec Ghetto. Photo courtesy of the Leah Gleitman Collection, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) (Download)

MARISA FOX UNEARTHS AN INCREDIBLE SURVIVAL STORY — HER MOTHER’S

The World Premiere of My Underground Mother

Brooke Berman, writer, director, https://ramonaatmidlife.substack

Director Marisa Fox (L) with Kala Zeltser in Jerusalem. Photo by Dror Lebendiger. © My Underground Mother (Download).

I’M ONE OF THE FILMMAKERS DOGE TARGETED AT THE NEH. HERE’S WHY WE’RE IN TROUBLE (GUEST COLUMN)

A documentarian describes what she and many of her peers have been going through as the Trump

administration makes drastic cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities.

- Marisa Fox, Hollywood Reporter https://www.hollywoodreporter.com

Sisters (L-R) Tova & Rusia Ajnreder on set w/director Marisa Fox in foreground. Photo by Dror Lebendiger. © My Underground Mother (Download)

COUNTING THE COST OF CUTS TO THE ARTS & FILMMAKING COMMUNITIE

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Fryda Schweitzer (center), Lorka/Leah Gleitman (to her right) and friends in the Sosnowiec ghetto. Photo courtesy of Schweitzer Family Collection, USHMM.(Download)

WILL FEDERAL FUNDING CUTS SPELL THE END FOR HISTORY DOCUMENTARIES?

The National Endowment for the Humanities is among the most reliable sources of funding for

the genre. Terminated grants have filmmakers “living in a moment of crisis.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/

Director Marisa Fox’s mother Tamar Fromer/Hela Hocherman in the underground in British mandate Palestine. © My Underground Mother (Download)

‘LLOVE CHILD, HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, ‘FREEDOM-FIGHTER’: THE SECRET LIFE MY MOTHER KEPT UNDERGROUND

-Marisa Fox, Haaretz haaretz.com

©Marisa Fox ~ My Underground Mother 2025