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2025 Sarasota Film Festival

Deadly Deception at Sobibor

Documentary Feature

20231 hr 43 minUSAEnglish, Polish

Screenings

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    Monday, April 7 at 4:30 PM EDT

    Ends 6:30 PM EDT

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    New College of Florida/Sainer Pavilion

About this film

Holocaust denial began with the Nazis at a top-secret death camp called Sobibor. In a compelling tale of detection, a 10-year investigation unearths evidence of a Nazi cover-up of a factory of death in a remote forest in Poland. To hide the murder of 250,000 Jews, a daring revolt, and a mass escape by 300 prisoners, the Nazis meticulously destroyed the camp. Today, a forest conceals their crime scene, but now, archeologists Yoram Haimi (Israel), Wojciech Mazurek (Poland), and Ivar Schute (Netherlands) have uncovered what the Nazis tried to erase from history. Deadly Deception at Sobibor reveals the Nazi cover-up through ground-probing radar, secret telegrams, Luftwaffe aerials, and excavation discoveries as they take place. The film weaves together history and science to expose remains of barracks, mass graves, gas chambers, and 70,000 artifacts —including metal name tags of children. Narrated by acclaimed actress Tovah Feldshuh, the film uncovers the chilling outcome of violent bigotry.


Expected Guest: Gary Hochman

Credits

Director
Gary Hochman
Screenwriter
Gary Hochman
Cinematographer
Gary Hochman, Slawomir Grünberg
Editor
Alexandru Moscu
Cast
Tovah Feldshuh, Yoram Haimi, Ivar Schute, Joel Zissenwein
JewishDocumentary Feature
Deadly Deception at Sobibor
Deadly Deception at Sobibor — production still