999 reveals the hidden story about 999

unmarried, young Jewish women registered for

government service in a supposed shoe factory

and ended up in Auschwitz.

Who were these young women? Why were they

chosen? How did a handful survive over three

years in the death camps?

Among them was Rena Kornreich, whose family

will be in attendance at the screening. Rena,

number 1716, arrived at Auschwitz in March 1942.

Three years and forty one days later, she was

liberated from Neustadt Glewe. She.and a few

other survivors reveal the truth of this almost

completely ignored piece of women’s history,

the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz.

Based on the international best seller 999: The

Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official

Jewish Transport to Auschwitz (translated into 19

languages) this documentary pairs with the book

to educate and inform a wider public about this

historic #MeToo story.