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Seventy-five years after the remarkable escape of seven Jewish siblings who evaded Nazi capture, the daughter of the youngest child embarks on an international quest to uncover answers about her family’s extraordinary survival and the outstanding bravery of the German strangers who helped them.

Synopsis

WOULD YOU HIDE ME? chronicles the seven Weber siblings who evaded certain capture and death, and ultimately escaped Nazi Germany following their mother’s incarceration and murder at Auschwitz.

After being hidden in a laundry hut by a benevolent farmer, the children spent two years on their own in wartorn Germany. Emboldened by their father’s mandate that they ‘always stay together,’ the children used their own cunning and instincts to fight through hunger, loneliness, rape, bombings and fear.

Their journey culminates with a painful ultimatum, when, separated from their father, they are told that they must declare themselves as orphans in order to escape to a new life in America. Unbeknownst to them, this salvation would become what would finally tear them apart, not to be reunited for another 40 years.

Banter with Beth is a bi-weekly IGTV series in which Beth speaks openly with special guests about their experiences in contributing to moving the needle toward equality and freedom for all people, regardless of faith or race. Livestreamed on Instagram, the series aims to add to the conversation around the main themes of WOULD YOU HIDE ME? the film: the power of courage and assurance, especially when faced with prejudice and hate.

Then...

The Weber siblings' story was featured on the front page of numerous newspapers across the USA, including in a New York Times article, on May 21st, 1946.

Their story was also featured in Aufbau, a New York-based German-language publication, on May 24th, 1946.

In 1988, in remembrance of the 50-year anniversary of the beginning of the persecution of the Jewish population in Germany, the Weber siblings' story was re-told in the German newspaper Chronik-Blätter.

The United States Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. opened its doors in 1993. The Weber Sibling's photo, after they disembarked form the S.S. Marine Flasher at New York Harbor, hangs in the last gallery.

Partnerships

We are thrilled to announce that we have recently partnered with the Holocaust Museum Los Angeles. In working together, we aim to move the needle toward eradicating racism and teach empathy, compassion and tolerance.