The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm

The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm (2018)

January 27th, 20180h 19min

Documentary
70%

Overview

When ten-year-old Elliott asks his 90-year-old great-grandfather, Jack, about the number tattooed on his arm, he sparks an intimate conversation about Jack’s life that spans happy memories of childhood in Poland, the loss of his family, surviving Auschwitz and finding a new life in America.


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