A young Jewish woman named Helena Citron is taken to Auschwitz, where she develops an unlikely romantic relationship with Franz Wunsch, a high-ranking SS officer. Thirty years later, a letter arrives from Wunsch’s wife asking Helena to testify on Wunsch’s behalf. Faced with an impossible decision, Helena must choose. Will she help the man who brutalized so many lives, but saved hers? A remarkable documentary, Love It Was Not raises profound personal questions in the context of sheer survival.
SCREENING INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, August 27
Time: 11:30am
Location: Town Hall Theater
CREDITS
Directed by: Maya Safarty
Written by: Maya Safarty
Produced by: Kurt Langbein, Nir Sa’ar
FILM INFORMATION
Genre: Documentary
Length: 86 minutes
Location: Israel, Austria
Language: Hebrew, English, German