Viewing of the Unimaginable Peter Ertel & Director Q& A

Peter Ertel was 96 years of age at the time of filming.  After immigrating to America in 1953, he worked for nearly three decades for a small industrial chemical firm in Cleveland, Ohio. The company was owned by Jewish people, who knew that Peter served five years in the German Army during World War II. They knew because Peter made no attempt to hide this during his job interview. How a man who, a few years previously, represented “the incarnation of evil” to the Jewish people found his way to be considered like family by his Jewish employers is just one part of a remarkable life story. The film is a first-person narrative documentary about an honorable man who maintained his uncommon humanity despite being trapped in a universe of hatred, destruction, and death. 

This program is a viewing of the film followed by a Q & A with Director Joe Cahn.

Joseph Cahn has been producing, writing, and editing broadcast and non-broadcast film and video productions for nearly 30 years. Before starting Victory Films in 2004, he was a producer-editor for several Cleveland-area multimedia firms. Prior to that, he was a producer with NFL Films where he wrote and edited highlight films and segments for HBO, ESPN, and home video.