Overview
On 1 September 1939, Germany invades Poland, after which a regulation was promulgated that all Polish Jews should move to the new Warsaw Ghetto. As in all the ghettos, a Judenrat was appointed and was responsible for the administration of the ghetto. The miniseries tells the moral dilemmas faced by Adam Czerniaków, head of the Judenrat in the Warsaw Ghetto, who had to carry out orders of the German authorities, including sending Jews to the Treblinka extermination camp.
Cast
- Leelee Sobieski as Tosia Altmann
- Hank Azaria as Mordechaj Anielewicz
- David Schwimmer as Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
- Jon Voight as SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop
- Donald Sutherland as Adam Czerniaków
- Stephen Moyer as Kazik Rotem
- Sadie Frost as Ziviah Lubetkin
- Radha Mitchell as Mira Fruchner
- Mili Avital as Devorah Baron
- Konstanze Breitebner as Ruthie Altmann