Steal a Pencil for Me

Actor: Jeroen KrabbÃ© , Ellen ten Damme , Jack Polak , Ina Soep
Director: Michele Ohayon
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Manufacturer: Westlake Entertainment
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, based on 7 reviews

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Editorial Review:

The true story of the troubled marriage of Jaap and Manja Polak who lived in German occupied Amsterdam. During the war Jaap met and fell in love with Ina Soep. In the Westerbork transit camp they found themselves in the same barrack as well as later in Bergen Belsen. The husband the wife and the girlfriend. This is their story as documented in Jaap and Ina s epistle memoir Steal a Pencil for Me.System Requirements:Running Time: 94 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 798622357625 Manufacturer No: WLV3576

Customer Reviews:

Incredible tale

A love story of two Dutch Holocaust survivors who courted in a concentration camp and somehow made it out alive. Great interweaving of documentary footage of the Nazi era, with contemporary interviews. Though he's 93 in the film, the man, Jack, is incredibly alive, as is his wife. Both are very articulate. You wonder what's made them stay so young this long. I wished there was more about their lives in the 60 years since the war ended. You see their kids, but that's it. Well worth watching as a tale human endurance.

2008-09-23

Steal a Pencil for Me

The story was fascinating, but for me, I would have preferred to see more "live action" type video, not so many still photos. NEvertheless, the story was fascinating.

2008-08-29

touching

This movie is well worth the money and the time it takes to watch it. The love between these two gentle souls...the courage and the strength that they drew from one anothers words is indescribable. I have been telling everyone that I know that is interested in WWII and the holocaust to rent/buy this movie -- the fact that Ina and Jaap are both still alive, and still able to remember and relive their time in the concentration camps is unbelievable. You will not be dissapointed with this movie. It is truly touching.

2008-06-03

great testament of the human spirit...

This was a real interesting take on the Holocaust. It really shows the "realness" of the lives that it touched. Not everyone might agree with the background of the love story, but it is love none the less and shows basic human nature continued even through the dramatic and painful period of the Holocaust. Jaap and Ina's story is a great testament to the human spirit. The best part of the documentary was when he spoke to the school children as he and Ina walked the path in Westerbrook so many years later. So much can be learned and appreciated from his words. There are adult themes in this so I don't think it would be appropriate for younger audiences.

2008-04-28

Love amidst the Holcaust

Steal a Pencil for Me is a wonderful documentary telling the compelling love story of 2 people caught in the roundup of Jews in Holland. It is quite suitable for children over age 11 to watch, in that it does not show torture or ovens, etc.

2008-04-10

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