Inna Rogatchi’s film on Simon Wiesenthal The Lessons of Survival. Conversations with Simon Wiesenthal has been acquired by Yad-Vashem to become a part of its Film Library and Collection, the largest in the world entity of films on the theme of the Holocaust.
Yad Vashem is intent on using the recently released film in their educational programmes, archival works and public events.
The film was released at the end of 2013, and was successfully shown at important European public events. Its European premiere was at the European Parliament in January 2014 commemorating the International Holocaust and Remembrance Day. In March 2014, the film was shown at a special screening and discussion event at the Lithuanian Seimas (parliament).
The official trailer of the film is here:
Both Israeli and the World premieres of the film are planned to be conducted later this year in Israel and New York.
In April 2014, The Israeli National News, in a profile written by Rochel Sylvetsky, described the film in the following way:
“Inna Rogatchi’s new film Lessons of Survival is the riveting film documentary on her never-before publicized conversations with the larger-than-life Nazi hunter as well as her own research into fascinating stories and facts about the Holocaust. Inna Rogatchi, too, is larger-than-life, and the noble role filled by the Rogatchi family in so many spheres is an example that is difficult to emulate”.