Shtetl [videorecording] / a production of Marz Associates in association with WGBH/Frontline ; a film by Marian Marzynski ; directed and produced by Marian Marzynski.
Imprint
[Boston, Mass] : WGBH Educational Foundation : Distributed byWGBH Boston Video, c2009.
Originally broadcast as an episode of Frontline on PBS in 1996.
Summary
In 1942, 2,500 Jews from Bransk, Poland died in Treblinka's gas chambers. Their shtetl died with them. Uncover the true story of Jewish life in Bransk before and after WWII. Starting as a pilgrimage by a Holocaust survivor from Bransk to uncover his roots, the quest is joined by a young Polish Gentile historian from Bransk who is also driven to discover the mystery of the last Jewish community.
Note
Bonus features: more about the filmmaker, access to the Frontline web site.