"Out Of The Ashes" - a film review.

Out Of The Ashes is a 2003 film based on the occurrences of Auschwitz as well as the life of Gisella Perl.

Perl was a Jewish doctor prior to the war, and throughout the holocaust she had endured various horrific experiences within the concentration camps of Auschwitz. It was there were she had lost her entire family, and was often forced to work alongside the infamous Dr. Josef Mengele in his horrific experiments. She would perform thousands of abortions secretly in the camps to save pregnant women from being killed. When the camps were liberated in 1945, she was among the survivors and would later immigrate to America. While living in New York City, Gisella fought to earn her citizenship and to be able to legally practice medicine in the states.

A photo of the real Gisella Perl

Her story is extremely tragic, as well as heartfelt. I found the actors to do a magnificent job depicting these people and their stories, with Christine Lahti beautifully depicting Perl's strength, and the actor playing Mengele did wonderfully translating his haunting presence onto the big screen. I thoroughly enjoyed the film, and would recommend it to anybody interested in stories of the Holocaust.