UNLIKELY HEROES

UNLIKELY HEROES chronicles untold stories of Jewish
resistance and individual heroism throughout the Nazi
Holocaust, utilizing rare film and photos discovered in
archives across Europe, and enhanced by newly filmed
sequences in the locations where many of these stories
actually occurred.

These previously unknown stories of extraordinary men and
women who exemplified the highest level of courage and
human dignity during the most desperate days of the
Holocaust will add a new chapter to the story of Jewish
resistance.

Narrated by Sir Ben Kingsley.
Written and directed by Richard Trank.
Produced by Rabbi Marvin Hier and Richard Trank.

Includes:

·A rabbi's son who disguised himself as a Major in the SS to
save Jews;

·A young woman involved in the plot to blow up the
Crematorium at Birkenau;

·A Jew who defied Eichmann, devising an extraordinary
scheme for 40,000 Jews to get to Palestine.

Reviews
Another eloquent triumph for the Simon Wiesenthal
Center's Moriah films." - Los Angeles Times