A MIGHTY BAND OF SISTERS

In the camp, Jewish girls became sister, resisters and saboteurs, forging a vital shield against Nazi brutality.

The film features interviews with dozens of survivors of women’s camps like Gabersdorf, where my mother was imprisoned, now living in Toronto to Tel Aviv, Melbourne, Australia to Malmö, Sweden. I introduce myself as Hela’s daughter, noting a shift in my own identity. Some women are guarded, others bracingly candid, and all shine a light on the shocking traumas my mom erased from her life story.

OUR SUBJECTS

The last of a generation

Lorka Posner-Lea Gleit was mom's next door neighbor in Sosnowiec, has photo from ghetto, lives in Malmo.jpg

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Gerda Frieberg-from next door women's camp OberAlstaadt, revisited camp for the monument ceremony.jpg

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Friedjza Zajac Schweitzer-prewar Sosnowiec friend in next door women's camp Parshnitz, lives in Melbourne, recalls childhood movies, ponders her silence.jpg

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