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Charging The Rhino (2007)

Charging The Rhino (2007)

Documentary

The past imperfect

Release Date: 2007, July 1
Directors: Simcha Jacobovici, Bruce Thorson
Countries: Canada
Production: Vision TV, Historia, Associated Producers
Cast: Sara Jacobovici, Serban Suru, George Voicu, Itzhak Schwarz-Kara, Lya Benjamin, Ioan Constantinecu

Overview:

On June 29, 1941 thousands of Jews were herded into a courtyard in Iasi, Romania and were massacred by German and Romanian soldiers. Many of the Jacobovicis of Romania died that day. Canadian filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici goes back to the land of his forebears and explores issues of memory - his and Romania's. Charging the Rhino is a documentary about the Romanian Holocaust. Romanian fascists shot filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici’s father, Joseph, during WWII. Romanian communists shot his cousin, Sasha, during the Cold War. Through their stories the film explores the devastating history of fascism and communism in Romania and the life-altering affect it had on the psyche of those who endured Romania’s unimaginable.

Keywords:

romania holocaust