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‘UnBroken,’ Now In Theaters, Tells Incredible Holocaust Survival Story Of The 7 Weber Siblings
An incredible Holocaust survival story is told in the documentary 'UnBroken,' directed by Beth Lane.
The children, too, faced a deportation order to Auschwitz, but avoided almost certain death when a kindly German farmer, Arthur Schmidt, an acquaintance of the Weber family, sheltered the kids at his farm in Worin outside Berlin. The film shows footage of a joyous reunion when all the Weber kids got back together in 1986, four decades after they came to the U.S. Lane says the documentary has profoundly affected her mother’s sense of her own past. We’re looking forward to giving seed money to other artists, whether it’s a dancer or a sculptor or whomever,” Lane said at the Q&A, adding, “Our mission is to combat antisemitism, bigotry and hate through the arts, and also specifically by sharing stories of hope.
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