One Survivor Remembers is a
1995The year 1995 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg....
documentary short film by
Kary AntholisKary Antholis is an American executive at the television network HBO who has overseen some of its groundbreaking socially-conscious programming. He is also an Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker....
in which Holocaust survivor
Gerda Weissmann KleinGerda Weissmann Klein is a Jewish Holocaust survivor. She has written several books about her experiences, including the memoir All But My Life, which was the basis for the 1995 Academy Award-winning documentary short film, One Survivor Remembers.-Early life:Gerda Weissmann-Klein was born in...
recounts her six-year ordeal as a victim of Nazi cruelty, including the loss of her parents, brother, friends, home, possessions, and community.
A production of HBO and the
United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is the United States' living memorial to The Holocaust. Adjacent to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the USHMM is dedicated to help leaders and citizens of the world to confront hatred, prevent genocide, promote human dignity, and strengthen...
, the film won the 1995
Academy Award for Documentary Short SubjectThis is a list of films by year that have received an Oscar together with the other nominations for best documentary short subject. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are announced and presented early in the following year.-1940s:*1941...
and the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Information Special (1994-95).
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One Survivor Remembers is a
1995The year 1995 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg....
documentary short film by
Kary AntholisKary Antholis is an American executive at the television network HBO who has overseen some of its groundbreaking socially-conscious programming. He is also an Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker....
in which Holocaust survivor
Gerda Weissmann KleinGerda Weissmann Klein is a Jewish Holocaust survivor. She has written several books about her experiences, including the memoir All But My Life, which was the basis for the 1995 Academy Award-winning documentary short film, One Survivor Remembers.-Early life:Gerda Weissmann-Klein was born in...
recounts her six-year ordeal as a victim of Nazi cruelty, including the loss of her parents, brother, friends, home, possessions, and community.
A production of HBO and the
United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is the United States' living memorial to The Holocaust. Adjacent to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the USHMM is dedicated to help leaders and citizens of the world to confront hatred, prevent genocide, promote human dignity, and strengthen...
, the film won the 1995
Academy Award for Documentary Short SubjectThis is a list of films by year that have received an Oscar together with the other nominations for best documentary short subject. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are announced and presented early in the following year.-1940s:*1941...
and the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Information Special (1994-95). In 2005, the film was offered by the
Southern Poverty Law CenterThe Southern Poverty Law Center is an American non-profit legal organization, internationally known for its tolerance education programs, its legal victories against white supremacists and its tracking of organizations it calls hate groups....
as part of a Teaching Tolerance curriculum for high school teachers to teach their students about the realities of the Holocaust.