Date: Thursday, April 07, 2022 ; 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Offsite - Virtual Program
Event Details:
Director Joseph Cahn presents an amazing tale: The Unimaginable Journey of Peter Ertel.
A reluctant German Platoon Leader survives the Eastern Front and the Battle of Normandy, is captured by the U.S. Army and recruited by the State Department to assist in the democratization of Germany, then immigrates to Cleveland where he forges a 25-year career with a small company owned by Orthodox Jews. An extraordinary true story of how an honorable man maintained his humanity in a universe of hatred, destruction and death.
Winner of the David Ponce Best of the Fest Award at the 2017 Chagrin Documentary Film Festival, the 2016 G.I. Film Festival Founder’s Choice Award, and the 2017 Cleveland International Film Festival Local Heroes Competition.
Please join us at 6:30 PM for an online streaming of the documentary. followed by a live Q&A session via Zoom with the director at approximately 8:15 PM.
Original source can be found here.
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