In this haunting short fiction film, a group of Jewish children and their teacher are herded into an ambulance by Nazis; the vehicle, ordinarily representing comfort and safety, becomes the group’s death chamber.

Morgenstern’s presentation of the incident serves as a metaphor for the horror of the Holocaust, and provides a powerful trigger for discussion of the disturbing issues raised by the film. The figure of the children's’ teacher specifically parallels Janusz Korcak (1879-1942), a famous Jewish educator who ran an orphanage in the Warsaw ghetto and died with his young charges at Treblinka.

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The National Center For Jewish Film
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Ambulance

Poland, 1962, 15 minutes, B&W
Music without Narration
Directed by Janusz Morgenstern

$36 Institutional Use DVD

Public Exhibition 16mm, Beta Rental also available

 

 





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