Film
- An Unbroken Chain: The Movie
- A feature film based on the true story of one daring young man who survived the unimaginable and achieved the impossible in his journey through the worst period in history. We are raising $6,000,000.00 to produce this feature film, have optioned the book of the same name and are currently in development.
In the book, An Unbroken Chain: My Journey though the Nazi Holocaust, young Henry examines eighteen separate but equally crucial “links” in the chain of events that kept him alive and ultimately led to his freedom. From the Nazi foreman who helped him escape the Gestapo to the SS General who gave him the medical treatment he needed, Henry faces the encounters and situations that changed his destiny from ages twelve to 24. Although often sad and shocking, the remarkable events of Henry’s life, as well as his amazing strength and hope, will touch the lives and hearts of movie goers everywhere.
About Henry Oertelt
Eighty-nine year old Holocaust survivor Henry Oertelt was liberated by General Patton’s Third Army during the Flossenburg Death March in April, 1945. He arrived in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1949 and has spent 40 years lecturing about his experiences and the importance of tolerance, political involvement, and confronting hatred. Oertelt is a member of the
Jewish Community Relations Council’s (JCRC) Holocaust Education Commission, a recipient of JCRC’s “Volunteer of the Year” award, as well as recipient of the distinguished “Eleven Who Care” honor from KARE 11-TV in Minnesota. On April 23, 2006, St. Paul, Minnesota, honored him with the key to the city and proclaimed “Henry A. Oertelt Day.” Oertelt is additionally a recipient of three honorary doctorate degrees from St. Cloud State University, South West State University and St. Olaf in Minnesota.
PRESS We have had a wide range of interest from the press on this film.
