Jewish American Heritage Month

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Christina Knight | November 30, 2021

The Neiger family.

The Neiger family was living a peaceful life in the Jewish community in Krakow. Then World War II changed their lives forever. The documentary They Survived Together tells the story of their miraculous escape from certain death by the Nazis in the Krakow Ghetto with four small children. Siblings Cesia, Ben, Hanka, Basia, and Tosia share firsthand accounts of their familys journey to freedom. They are said to be one of the only families to escape and survive as an intact family.

Its chilling to hear Tosia explain in the film, Nobody expected to survive. That wasnt even the motivation behind making the decision to get out of the ghetto. It really was a question of how they were choosing to die rather than survive.

They Survived Together is by New York filmmaker John Rokosny. He learned of the familys story after meeting Hanka in a Lower East Side eatery, according to an article in J-Voice.

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