THE IRON NAZI FIST CAME DOWN fast and hard on Leopold Engleitner, but he would not bend to terror. Unbroken Will describes the life and times of an ordinary man whose belief in God and in nonviolence stood the fiery test of Nazi persecution. In three concentration camps, Engleitner suffered unspeakable brutality but remained firm in his faith. Unbroken Will transforms the life of this principled man into a powerful lesson of history.
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As one of the world's oldest concentration camp survivors the Austrian Leopold Engleitner, born 1905, returns to the places where it all happended and talks about his exciting life.
This touching and impressive documentary recounts the experiences of this humble man, who, because he was a Bible Student (Jehovah's Witness) and objected to military service had to endure the brutal machinery of the Hitler regime in three concentration camps (Buchenwald, Niederhagen and Ravens-brück). This film includes original film material from the years 1896 to 1945.
Written, produced and directed by Bernhard Rammerstorfer
Total running time: 148 mins.
Languages and subtitles: German, English, Italian
The educational DVD contains not only the full documentary (61 mins.) and an abridged version of it (27 mins.) but also five films (between 8–15 mins.) showing special events from 1999–2004 relating to Engleitner's awareness-raising as a survivor of Nazi persecution
