Thread by @marinamaral2

After so many months of hard work, we are finally ready to show you the teaser of Faces of Auschwitz, the documentary.

Please watch it and let us know what you think.

We hope you understand how much this story means to us.

thank you for you support. @FacesAuschwitz team.

1) “As the victims' stories unfold one by one from the prisoner photo archives at Auschwitz, a particular photograph is located amongst the catalog of the dead.

(Photo below by LA Times)

2) That opens up a whole new dimension to the story because, as the team will find out, this is not a photograph of a life that ended 75 years ago. Incredibly, ‘Ralph’ Hakman is still alive: 94 years old, living in Los Angeles - and ready to return to Auschwitz.

3) 75 years later, Ralph, who was in daily view of the mass killings when he was imprisoned at Auschwitz-Birkenau, shares his first-hand dramatic and harrowing experiences of the atrocities he witnessed at the camp ...

4) ... and guides Amaral and the team through his story as they visit the locations where he lived the most disturbing years of his life.

5) Faces of Auschwitz is a groundbreaking and beautifully realized film about history, memory, friendship - and the power art has to change the world.”

#HolocaustMemorialDay

THANK YOU for your kind words. I’m very grateful and incredibly touched.

We have been working on this since 2018. It’s an independent production, which makes the process even more challenging.

It’s awesome to finally hear what you have to say about it.