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Her actions have become legend in a small Czech town.
Video by Anna Benner and
Ms. Benner and Ms. Aiano are filmmakers.
Decades after the Nazi occupation of what is today the Czech Republic, a plaque appeared on a house in the small town of Trebon in honor of a wartime nurse. Her name is unknown, and her existence is uncertain, but the story of her resistance continues to be passed down. In the short documentary above, Trebon’s residents speculate about the heroine’s life, building a portrait of a woman who fought the enemy in her own way.
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Anna Benner is an artist and filmmaker in Berlin. Eluned Zoe Aiano is a filmmaker and translator focused on Central and Eastern Europe.
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