his subjects in a very
personal way. Sadly,
a few of the people
passed away before
the documentary was
completed.
Most of the people
Silecky contacted
were very willing to
share their stories.
Even though it’s within
the last 100 years,
there are hundreds
of little known sto-
ries from World War
II. One gets the sense
the subjects of his documentary
felt an obligation to share their
stories to keep the history of
their family and friends alive.
Silecky noted, “About 90 per-
cent of them said, ‘This is a re-
ally important topic. I love this.
I cannot believe that no one has
done this before. I appreciate
you taking this on. Here is my
story. What else can I give you?’
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That’s engaging and exciting. It
meant a lot to me as well.”
The other 10 percent were
people who were worried about
sharing their stories out of fear
that there were still groups
searching for surviving individu-
als. Stories of hit men sent after
them were very real to a few sur-
vivors. It was something Silecky
had not expected to hear, but
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