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A new Holocaust documentary film being released in UK cinemas in November follows the incredible 3,500-mile journey of 11 motorcyclists across nine countries, on a mission to take the Maccabiah torch from Israel to the site of the infamous 1936 Berlin Olympics, for the first Jewish Olympic Games on German soil since WW2.
Seven of the bikers in Back to Berlin are descendants of Holocaust survivors, two are actual survivors and two are grandsons of the 1930s’ Maccabiah riders. Together they retrace the original heroic journey and discover how they or their families survived or perished in the Holocaust.
Directed by Catherine Lurie, narrated by actor Jason Isaacs and mixing archival footage with the 2015 journey, the film movingly, sometimes chillingly, juxtapositions the present and past. Back to Berlin is released in UK cinemas on 23 November: http://backtoberlin.co.uk
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