This historical video uses rare film footage, an extensive collection of archival photos, and interviews with former residents to re-create the fabric of daily life in the predominantly Jewish market town, or shtetl, of Luboml in prewar Poland. The video reveals Luboml as a vibrant town where religious tradition and community life coexisted. No quaint rural village, Luboml was an important regional market town, complete with theater, a cinema, electric lights, sports teams, and numerous trades and businesses, factories and workshops. Nazi genocidal actions in Poland in 1941-42 destroyed the Jewish community in Luboml, including the execution of nearly all its Jewish citizens, as recounted through moving interviews with Holocaust survivors and other former residents of Luboml.
Produced by Eileen Douglas and Ron Steinman
2002, color, 57 mins.
Purchase: $295 Rental: $95

"...a great addition to any Social Studies classroom that would bring History to life." - Media & Methods

"A must-see gem." - The Forward

* * * "Without romanticizing it, the filmmakers use archival photos and interviews with survivors to bring Luboml to life again." - New York Post

"Here is a film that captures and preserves those lost human riches." - Cynthia Ozick, author of The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories and The Messiah of Stockholm

"It is a glorious celebration of life." - Mandy Patinkin

For further information on Luboml please visit the luboml website: www.luboml.org