This film chronicles the Jewish community in Lodz, Poland, through the story of Yosef Neuhaus. Yosef was born in Lodz in 1924, to Tova and Zvi Hirsch. In May 1940, he was forced to enter the Lodz ghetto along with his parents and younger sister Sofia, where they lived for four years until their deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau. All of Yosef’s family members were murdered in the camp. Yosef survived and was imprisoned in several other camps. In 1946 he immigrated to pre-state Israel, fought in Israel’s wars – including the War of Independence – and started a new family. This touching film documents the major turning points in Yosef’s story, his persistence in choosing life, and his contributions to the State of Israel.
![Braunschweig, Germany, The synagogue and community center](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Braunschweig%2C Germany%2C The synagogue and community center..jpg?itok=DAo-TqhB)
![Braunschweig, Germany, The synagogue and community center](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Braunschweig%2C Germany%2C The synagogue and community center..jpg?itok=05QIVhcx)
![Lodz, Poland, View of a Street in the Ghetto](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Lodz%2C Poland%2C View of a Street in the Ghetto.jpg?itok=oJcR8gdR)
![Lodz, Poland, View of a Street in the Ghetto](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Lodz%2C Poland%2C View of a Street in the Ghetto.jpg?itok=ofuDhNoz)
![Lodz, Poland, Members of the Lodz Ghetto Jewish Police during Deportation from the Ghetto](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Lodz%2C Poland%2C Members of the Lodz Ghetto Jewish Police during Deportation from the Ghetto.jpg?itok=7-IxeZlu)
![Lodz, Poland, Members of the Lodz Ghetto Jewish Police during Deportation from the Ghetto](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Lodz%2C Poland%2C Members of the Lodz Ghetto Jewish Police during Deportation from the Ghetto.jpg?itok=SuEoj6rU)
![Lodz, Poland, Children Pulling a Cart in the Ghetto](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Lodz%2C Poland%2C Children Pulling a Cart in the Ghetto.jpg?itok=ClvO4G-y)
![Lodz, Poland, Children Pulling a Cart in the Ghetto](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Lodz%2C Poland%2C Children Pulling a Cart in the Ghetto.jpg?itok=MgGVFVyz)
![Lodz, Poland, A Woman Wearing a Jewish Badge](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Lodz%2C Poland%2C A Woman Wearing a Jewish Badge.jpg?itok=oYeRbzs3)
![Lodz, Poland, A Woman Wearing a Jewish Badge](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Lodz%2C Poland%2C A Woman Wearing a Jewish Badge.jpg?itok=sBSC2_io)
![Lodz, Poland, A Theatrical Performance in the Ghetto](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Lodz%2C Poland%2C A Theatrical Performance in the Ghetto.jpg?itok=w2waEyOb)
![Lodz, Poland, A Theatrical Performance in the Ghetto](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Lodz%2C Poland%2C A Theatrical Performance in the Ghetto.jpg?itok=3NQQKMIn)
![Braunschweig, Germany, Interior of a synagogue](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Braunschweig%2C Germany%2C Interior of a synagogue..jpg?itok=FAFCByk7)
![Braunschweig, Germany, Interior of a synagogue](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Braunschweig%2C Germany%2C Interior of a synagogue..jpg?itok=hiKM4CGx)
![Hungarian Jews from Carpatho-Ruthenia undergoing selection on the ramp at Birkenau.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/jews_hungary5b.jpg?itok=Hf5-VuuW)
![Hungarian Jews from Carpatho-Ruthenia undergoing selection on the ramp at Birkenau.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/jews_hungary5b.jpg?itok=55vxKEvx)
![Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, Jews undergoing the selection process on the Birkenau arrival platform known as the "ramp".](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/1_129.jpg?itok=PIZ0-vTn)
The people in the background are on their way to Crematorium II, whose building is just visible on the top center of the photo.
Yad Vashem Photo Archive FA-268/25.
![Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, Jews undergoing the selection process on the Birkenau arrival platform known as the "ramp".](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/1_129.jpg?itok=unH1X9WW)
![Auschwitz, Poland, Inmates lying on bunks in a barrack, after the liberation](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/1586_340.jpg?itok=M7EXzzOL)
Yad Vashem Photo Archives 1586/340
![Auschwitz, Poland, Inmates lying on bunks in a barrack, after the liberation](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/1586_340.jpg?itok=CQjovoyR)
![Auschwitz-Birkenau, women and children deemed "unfit for work" being led unknowingly to Gas Chamber #4](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/4 _0.jpg?itok=dVQwRIm1)
Yad Vashem Photo Archives, ID Number 31588
![Auschwitz-Birkenau, women and children deemed "unfit for work" being led unknowingly to Gas Chamber #4](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/4 _0.jpg?itok=ecEMaaHi)