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The story of 45 people who helped to keep Jewish people safe during the Second World War
I do not have a lot to say, largely because everything that
needs to be said is said on screen. While the film is a rehash of the story of
the Holocaust, the film rises above it by simply being a record of what the
people who helped the Jews did. Told in a simple, almost matter of fact style,
the film reveals how simply basic humanity saved humanity. Time and time again we
hear the simple refrain that they helped
because that was the thing to do. No one was trying to save everyone, they were
just trying to help who they could. In a world where people refuse to help or
even to acknowledge that anyone not isn’t someone they know is human, it speaks
volumes.
I was moved.
By the time this slightly longer than a hour long film had
ended I was wiping away tears.
A truly great film.
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