IN THE MONUMENT explores the evolution of Holocaust commemoration and monument building in the last 70 years. Presenting six shortlisted finalists for the design competition to build the Canadian National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa, the film examines the roles of Holocaust commemoration in the 21st century and of public art in preserving history for the future.
War is unimaginably horrific, rife with atrocities that defy human comprehension. But after a war is over and order is restored does hatred disappear?
Two women from opposite sides of Hitler's Third Reich meet in Toronto, years after the Second World War––one, a Jewish girl orphaned by the regime, the other possibly the Nazi guard who protected her.
Holocaust survivor 77-year-old Alice Zuckerman travels from Canada to Eastern Europe in a journey to reunite with family members after years of separation.