Lydia's Story

Alex Zakrewsky, Lydia Zakrewsky, and Heather Fenyk at the premiere of Lydia’s Story in New Brunswick as part of the New Jersey Film Festival

Development of this documentary was a labor of love. It was initially developed as a way of preserving one family’s story as a legacy for children and grandchildren. As we worked on the film we realized that Lydia’s story of how she escape the fate of the more than 2,200,000 Belorusians who lost their lives […]

A moving documentary about Lydia Rohowich Zakrewsky, who recalls her girlhood in Belarus after the Nazis invaded in World War II, and mercilessly executed her family members and other villagers. Following her harrowing escape from Belarus, Lydia then recounts her dangerous trek across Germany in advance of the Red Army, her life in a refugee […]