Who Will Write Our History

Released Jan 18, 2019

1 hr. 35 min.

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In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decides to fight back. Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group vows to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda, not with guns or fists but with pen and paper.

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Amazingly well-done film about an amazing chapter in history.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

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always talking and making movies about the holocaust 😒. what about any other genocide that happen through out history. what about the holodomer?

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Such a powerful and important film. Watch however you can!

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02/16/23

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Extremely well done and very impactful. I was truly moved and so happy to have heard this story.

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Profound documentary about the writers and archivists who struggled to preserve the culture and simultaneous destruction of their community,the warsaw ghetto.

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Roberta Grossman

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Joan Allen

Narrator

Jowita Miondlikowska

Rachela Auerbach

Piotr Glowacki

Emanuel Ringelblum

Piotr Jankowski

Hersz Wasser

Wojciech Zieliński

Abraham Lewin

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Nell Minow

AWFJ.org

There is no better way to honor the endless courage and dedication of the writers and historians who created the Ringelblum Archive than to tell their story.

Oct 26, 2021

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

It's really quite striking. First of all, the actual content of the film is devastating... [And] it's not a documentary. I think we need a new term for what this is.

Sep 18, 2019

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

The film has problems, despite the inarguable worthiness of the material.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 6, 2019

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

An emotionally moving, sobering and exhausting Holocaust documentary.

Rated: B

Jan 27, 2022

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Betsy Bozdech

AWFJ.org

Grossman's documentary is a powerful piece of filmmaking. Hearing Auerbach's own words (read by Joan Allen) and learning what the Oyneg Shabes contributors risked to make sure that history never forgot the residents of the Warsaw Ghetto...

Oct 26, 2021

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Jennifer Merin

AWFJ.org

Who Will Write Our History is filmmaker Roberta Grossman's documentary revelation.

Oct 26, 2021

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Synopsis

In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decides to fight back. Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group vows to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda, not with guns or fists but with pen and paper.

Director: Roberta Grossman
Executive Producer: Nancy Spielberg, Philippa Kowarsky, Ronald Lauder, Anna Rozalska
Screenwriter: Roberta Grossman
Distributor: Abramorama
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 18, 2019, Limited
Rerelease Date (Theaters): May 1, 2019
Release Date (Streaming): May 4, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $117.4K

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