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A Film byBernhard Rammerstorfer & A. Ferenc Gutai

Nazi Concentration CampSurvivor Leopold Engleitner: A 107-Year-Old EyewitnessTells His Story

Why would a man faced with death in three Nazi concentration campsnot sign a document granting him his freedom?

This is the true story of Leopold Engleitner—now 107 years old.Given the choice between life and death, he found

the courage to stand by his conscience.

His refusal to join Hitler’s army and to give the“Heil Hitler” salute put him and thousands

of other Jehovah’s Witnesses in thecrosshairs of the Third Reich.

As if receiving a “Ladder in the Lions’ Den,”he was given a way out. In exchange for his

freedom, he was handed a documentrenouncing his faith and swearing

allegiance to Hitler. He refused.

After surviving Buchenwald, Niederhagen,and Ravensbrück concentration camps,he weighed less than sixty-two pounds,

but his will remained unbroken.

Spotlighted by the perspective of others,such as Renée Firestone, a JewishAuschwitz survivor, and Gottlieb

Bernhardt (former SS bodyguard ofHitler), who himself faced a pivotal

crisis of conscience, Leopold’sstory resonates with the power

of conviction and hope.

If not for a chance meeting withBernhard Rammerstorfer, Leopold

would have disappeared into theshadowed subtext of history.

Together, they have traveled around the world promoting peace and tolerance. Their lectureshave taken them to Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, UCLA and Georgetown Universities,the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., the Los AngelesMuseum of the Holocaust, and the Simon Wiesenthal Center, as well as other notedinstitutions throughout the United States, Europe, and the Russian Federation.

Order information: E-mail: office@rammerstorfer.cc Web sites: www.unbrokenwill.com or www.rammerstorfer.cc

Format: 16:9

Total Running Time:40 minutes

Producer:Bernhard Rammerstorfer

Co-Producer:A. Ferenc Gutai

Directors:Bernhard RammerstorferA. Ferenc Gutai

Script:Bernhard RammerstorferA. Ferenc Gutai

Narrator:Frederic G. Fuss

Voice of Leopold Engleitner:Gordon Piedesack

Based on the book “Unbroken Will”by Bernhard Rammerstorfer

40 mins.Cover designed by Christian Höllinger

All rights reserved. Copyright © 2012

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDFOR A DOCUMENTARY

Los Angeles CountyCalifornia

WINNER

MARINA DEL REYFILM FESTIVAL

2013

FESTIVAL OF TOLERANCE

OFFICIALSELECTION

1st RIJEKA JEWISHFILM FESTIVAL

2013

FESTIVAL OF TOLERANCE

OFFICIALSELECTION

7th ZAGREB JEWISHFILM FESTIVAL

2013