Bernhard Rammerstorfer
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Since 1994, Bernhard Rammerstorfer, has conducted intensive research that has enabled him to produce a historically accurate record of Nazi concentration camp survivor Leopold EngleitnerLeopold Engleitner
Leopold Engleitner is a Holocaust survivor and conscientious objector who speaks publicly on his experiences with students. He is the subject of the documentary Unbroken Will...
’s life that has appeared in a number of publications and films in various languages and countries. Rammerstorfer wrote Engleitner's biography, Unbroken Will: The Extraordinary Courage of an Ordinary Man-The story of Nazi Concentration Camp Survivor Leopold Engleitner, born 1905 (in German: Ungebrochener Wille), and produced an accompanying film documentary. The book was translated in French (2007) and Russian (2009).
He also produced an educational DVD "Unbrken Will" which contains material on the Holocaust for the use in schools in English, German, Italian, and Spanish.
In 2006, he produced the documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
“Unbroken Will Captivates the United States” which was premiered at the Laemmle's Music Hall 3 Theatre in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
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.
Rammerstorfer produced also the documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
“Unbroken Will USA Tour” which was premiered in the U.S. at the Laemmle's Sunset 5 Theatre in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, in 2009.
Lecture tours with Leopold Engleitner
Since 2009 Rammerstorfer has given many lectures with Engleitner at various universities, schools and memorial sites in AustriaAustria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Italy
Italy
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, Russia, Switzerland
Switzerland
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, and the United States of America.
Europe
- Bern University, Switzerland
- Dresden University, Germany
- Graz University, Austria
- Salzburg University, Austria
- Vienna University, Austria
- Castello Sforzesco, Italy
- Frankfurt Book Fair 2008 and 2009, the world’s largest book fair, Germany
- Moscow Central Journalist House, Russia
- Bookstore “BIBLIO-GLOBUS” in Moscow, Russia
United States
2004:- US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC
- Austrian Embassy in Washington DC
- Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... - Austrian Consulate General in New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
- Simon Wiesenthal CenterSimon Wiesenthal CenterThe Simon Wiesenthal Center , with headquarters in Los Angeles, California, was established in 1977 and named for Simon Wiesenthal, the Nazi hunter. According to its mission statement, it is "an international Jewish human rights organization dedicated to repairing the world one step at a time...
in Los Angeles
2006:
- Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in Palo Alto (San Francisco BaySan Francisco BaySan Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean...
) - Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown UniversityGeorgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
in Washington DC - Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in New York - Harold Washington CollegeHarold Washington CollegeHarold Washington College is a community college within the City Colleges of Chicago system of Chicago, Illinois. It is located in the Loop at 30 E Lake St...
in ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... - Library of CongressLibrary of CongressThe Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
in Washington DC - Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois in Skokie
- Los Angeles Museum of the HolocaustLos Angeles Museum of the HolocaustThe Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust is a renowned holocaust museum in Los Angeles, California.-History:The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust is the oldest holocaust museum in the United States of America. In 1961 at Hollywood High School, a group of holocaust survivors taking English as a...
2009:
- Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida
- Palladium Theater at St. Petersburg College, Florida
- Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, California
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Moorpark College, California
- Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, California
The song "Unbroken Will"
In May 2009, the songwriters Mark David Smith and Rex SalasRex Salas
Rex Salas is a Grammy and Emmy Award nominated American record producer, songwriter, musical director, and music arranger...
from California wrote the song "Unbroken Will" for Leopold Engleitner. On May 22, 2009, Leopold Engleitner was presented the song during an event at Moorpark College. The singer Phillip Ingram interprets "Unbroken Will".
International film awards for the documentary Unbroken Will and notable events
- Winner of the Golden Bear at the 31st Festival of Nations from over 500 films from 37 countries and five continents, Austria.
- First prize and best film in Category A at the film competition Upper Austria in Film 2003, Austria
- English translation “Unbroken Will” premiered in the Laemmle’s Monica 4-plex Theatre in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Italian translation “Mai e poi mai” premiered in Castello Sforzesco in Milan, Italy