999: The Forgotten Girls

USA 2024 | Director: Heather Dune Macadam | English, Slovak, German & Hebrew with English subtitles | 86 minutes

Documentary

In March 1942, 999 young Slovak Jewish women, mostly teenagers, told by their government that they were embarking on a volunteer work assignment, were instead illegally deported to Auschwitz on what was the first Jewish transport to the Nazi death camp. Who were these young women? Why were they chosen? How did a tiny handful survive over three grueling years in the death camps, against all odds? Best-selling author and historian Heather Dune Macadam has adapted her acclaimed book 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport into a powerful new documentary that sheds light on this little-known story, ensuring that these women will no longer be a historical footnote.

Winner: Human Rights Award, Hamptons Doc Fest 2023

Winner: Social Impact Award, Greenwich Int’d FF 2024

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