This documentary is powerful, heartbreaking and inspirational. It follows eleven bikers, who have personal ties to the Holocaust, on a journey retracing the path blazed by the Maccabiah riders during the early 1930's. Along the way, they visit heartrending mile markers throughout Europe. In Greece they sit in an actual Holocaust-era railway car during a hot day and later, in Poland, they tour the Auschwitz extermination camp. The personal recollections of the Holocaust told by some of the participants in the film are very painful, but necessary, to watch. The bikers themselves take the place of us documentary viewers at home by exploring, learning and asking questions of the survivors. I wholeheartedly recommend Back to Berlin; it is a fascinating, educational and emotional experience.
Review of Back to Berlin
