4 real historical locations · Hungary
Based on the true story of Pinchas Rosenbaum, a young Hungarian Jew who disguised himself in an Arrow Cross uniform to save fellow Jews from deportation during the final German occupation of Hungary in 1944.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Hungary.
Hungarian Jew Elek Cohen impersonates an Arrow Cross officer in 1944 Budapest to rescue Jews from deportation — based on the true story of Pinchas Tibor Rose...
Hungary's Jews were largely protected until March 1944, when Germany occupied the country. The Arrow Cross seized power in October 1944 and immediately began mass killings. In this environment, Pinchas Tibor Rosenbaum...
View location →Young Elek Cohen impersonates an Arrow Cross officer, using a stolen uniform to infiltrate the fascist headquarters and rescue Jews from deportation lists — ...
The Arrow Cross Party seized power in Hungary on 15 October 1944 and murdered approximately 10,000–15,000 Jews in Budapest before Soviet liberation in February 1945.
View location →Hungarian Jews are loaded onto deportation trains at Budapest's main station — 437,000 deported to Auschwitz in just 56 days in the summer of 1944. Elek's mi...
Between 15 May and 9 July 1944, Hungarian Jews were deported with Eichmann's direction. The pace — 12,000 per day — shocked even German officials. Budapest Jews were temporarily spared by Horthy's intervention.
View location →The film's context includes the parallel efforts of Raoul Wallenberg and other neutral diplomats issuing protective papers. Elek operates in the same streets...
Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat, issued tens of thousands of protective passports and established safe houses that sheltered 10,000 Budapest Jews. He was arrested by Soviet forces in January 1945.
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