Escape from Auschwitz: A Portrait of Friendship

Monday, April 20 at 8 pm on KPJK, independent public television. Escape from Auschwitz: A Portrait of Friendship tells the true story of Herman Shine and Max Drimmer, two childhood friends who together survived one of the most horrific atrocities in world history – the Holocaust. In this poignant documentary the men put a personal face on history as they vividly depict the events of their lives through conversations with each other. Archival material from World War II is interwoven into the story adding a historical context. Herman Shine and Max Drimmer do not merely represent an important part of world history – they are history. They are the voices, the faces, and the memories of life in a WWII concentration camp. Escape from Auschwitz: A Portrait of Friendship tells a moving story of pain and survival as seen through the lens of a lifelong friendship.