Eric Wood 1 Eric Wood

When people here about the Holocaust, concentration camps are usually the first thing brought up. Not all the tragedy happened at camps though. Ghettos such as the Warsaw ghetto were a less known about horror. The movie A Film Unfinished is a film documenting life at the Warsaw ghetto during the Nazi regime. The film is an emotional montage of images from the life of Jews at the time. From corpses lying on the streets to extremely malnourished Jews, life was terrible at the Warsaw ghetto. Not many people survived the terrible environment, but a few survivors who did, give their take on the situation. The sorrow in the voice of those interviewed shows just how bad it was. The ghetto was set aside for Jews to be separated from the public. They were not set up to prosper though. They were malnourished and left for dead. It was sad to see corpses lining the streets as people walked by. Whenever the bodies were eventually taken from the street, they were thrown in a hole filled with other corpses. It is hard to believe that this actually happened and went on for quite a while. How this could go on for so long is beyond me. Hitler was definitely one sick man and those who followed his lead were just as bad. The filming also gave off a bit of an eerie feeling. There were cameramen watching and recording but none of them did anything to stop the situation. The Jews knew they were being recorded and every once in a while, made eye contact with the camera. The despair in their eyes made me angry at the situation as a whole. All in all, the film really showed how bad things got and makes me realize just how lucky I am.