Saving the Rabbits of Ravensbrück: A documentary

Pinewood Patron!
almost 8 years ago – Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 12:44:27 AM

We are thrilled that Pinewood Atlanta Studios has backed our project as a Kickstarter Patron! Pinewood, with premiere studio facilities across the world, has over 700 acres of studio space and sound stages in Atlanta and has been instrumental in the growth of the movie industry in Georgia.

Pinewood is committed to supporting female filmmakers in Georgia through this Patron program, and so we are honored they have selected our film and Director/Producer Stacey Fitzgerald as their first recipient.

Thank you, Pinewood! Here's to female filmmakers!

THANK YOU! We made it!
almost 8 years ago – Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 10:50:35 AM

WOW! We have officially surpassed our fundraising goal on Kickstarter! Thank you all so much.

We've just finished a week of filming interviews with survivors across Europe - from Paris to Poland to Ravensbruck. We were at the camp this past weekend for the commemoration of the liberation. It is a very moving experience, and we're so glad we had the opportunity to be there and to film it so that we can share it with you.

None of this would have been possible without your support. To each and everyone of you who donated and who sent our page to friends, thank you. The fact that you care about this story means the world to us and to the women.

Our love and gratitude to you all.

Here's a special thank you from our Director and Producer, Stacey Fitzgerald.

Tell us! What would you ask a survivor?
almost 8 years ago – Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 04:58:46 PM

We feel very lucky to be able to spend time with these incredible women, ask them questions, and listen to their stories. If you had the chance to sit down with a Ravensbrück survivor, what would you ask her? Send us your questions! We will choose a few to ask tomorrow when we’re with Joanna Muszkowska-Penson. She spent four years in the camp for her activities as part of the Polish resistance. After the war, she joined the resistance again - this time, fighting communist rule.

Paris to Poland
almost 8 years ago – Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 06:10:44 PM

Hello from Kraków! 

Thank you all so much for your generosity! We are thrilled to be over 80% of the way to our fundraising goal! Your donations are making this whole trip possible, so we want to share it with you. 

Yesterday we had the pleasure of interviewing Michèle Agniel (maiden name Moet.) Michèle and her family were part of the French Resistance during the war, helping to smuggle Allied pilots out of occupied France. 

The Moets hid over twenty pilots in their home and helped many more escape before they were caught and arrested by the Gestapo. Michèle and her mother were sent to Ravensbrück. Her brother, only 12 years old, was left behind to be taken care of by neighbors. Her father was taken separately to another camp. They never saw him again. 

On behalf of Senator Johnny Isakson, we were honored to present Michèle with an American flag flown over the Capitol in her honor to recognize her bravery in saving so many American pilots lives. She was very touched by the gesture. Thank you for helping to make this special moment happen.

We want to be able to thank each of you personally, but we need to know who you are! We will be sending out a backer survey shortly so we can be sure we have your names.

Tomorrow we will interview two more survivors, Kama and Wanda. Stay tuned!  

On behalf of our whole international film crew (American, French and Polish), thank you, merci, dziękuję! 

Halfway There! Thank you!
almost 8 years ago – Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 08:43:20 AM

We are officially halfway to our fundraising goal! THANK YOU! We are so grateful to our backers and everyone who has spread the word. Thank you to Kickstarter for choosing us as a "Project We Love."

Two weeks from today, we will be at Ravensbrück to film the commemoration of the liberation and interview survivors. Every April, the survivors and victims’ families gather for two days at the camp to honor those lost. The main ceremony takes place next to a beautiful lake in Germany, where Himmler decided to build Hitler’s largest concentration camp for women - and into which all the ashes from the cremated victims were placed. A Catholic mass is held lakeside; a Jewish cantor says Kaddish. Jewish and Christian prayers are heard in every language; the light from candles flicker gently against the rocks that have been lovingly placed by Jewish families.

At the very end of the ceremony, all walk together over to the lake’s edge to throw roses and red carnations into the water, on top of the grave of the Jewish, Catholic and Protestant women from over 20 different countries who were murdered here over 70 years ago. Soon hundreds of flowers float gently on the surface, each representing another goodbye to a friend, a sister, or a mother. Younger generations throw their flowers with a prayer to a grandmother never met – or a great-grandmother that they’ve been told they resemble. They all remember – and come back every year to make sure the next generation does too.

We need your help to make it our goal and to keep spreading the word. Please help us tell the story of the women of Ravensbrück. #rememberravensbruck