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8. Swimming in Auschwitz

Site score 8.8, IMDb score 7.9; Overall score=8.35

Directed by Jon Kean

Year: 2007

Swimming in Auschwitz is Jon Kean’s moving tale about six survivors of the Holocaust, one of the deadliest genocides from the beginning of time. Find out how these brave Jewish women, from different countries and milieus, pulled through such horrible circumstances. It’s not easy to watch great deeds of cruelty done by the executioners and imagine the horrors that those women experienced. Nevertheless, you can relate to their faith and incredible strength. They swam in the deep water of Auschwitz-Birkenau and emerged thanks to compassion and the power of will.