Across Borders

DIR: Victor Velle
PRODS: Barry Rosenthal, Nick Shanman
FEATURING: Sal Berenholz

In The Face of Tyranny is a historical docuseries chronicling the true story of Sal Berenholz and his family’s escape from occupied France as the Nazi regime began to their occupation and terror. From city to city Sal’s family hid with friends, at barns, in schools, in trains, sometimes together, usually separate, awaiting an unknown fate as news of concentration camps only grew more frightening. Just as they thought they were finally free, his mother, father, brother, and himself, were ultimately thrown in jail as government officials decided what to do with them…