Spell Your Name

2006 PG 1h 29m 6.7

Survivors tell the story of the Babi Yar massacre from WWII, where some 100,000 people were massacred by German forces.

The film is based on the testimonies of survivors of the Holocaust that were collected by The Visual Library Archive of USC Shoah Foundation. Director Sergey Bukovsky takes the viewer on a journey of discovery as he and several Ukrainian students absorb the testimony of Ukrainian people who escaped brutal execution and those who rescued friends and neighbors during the Holocaust. A collection of men and women share the details of their experiences, and we are afforded a glimpse of modern-day Ukraine: the ethnic stereotypes that continue to exist and the manner in which Post-Soviet society is dealing with the question of how to memorialize the sites where tens of thousands of Jewish families and others were executed and thrown into mass graves.

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Info about Spell Your Name

Studio(s): Plus Films, USC Shoah Foundation

Originally Released: Sep 01, 2006

Production Countries: Ukraine, United States

Genres: Documentary