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Escape from Nazi persecution of the Jews
A dramatisation of an extract taken from Elsbeth Rosenfeld's autobiography, describing the night she escaped from Nazi Germany. Rosenfeld was a Christian who married a Jewish man and was therefore persecuted under Nazi rule. Using primary footage and a reconstruction, the clip tells the story of how she fled to Switzerland.
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