Shoah: The Four Sisters

Lanzmann's documentation of witness testimony comes to a close, succeeding across various works in illuminating many of the dimensions of the Final Solution, though the task ultimately appears infinite. Here, the continuing underlying anguish felt by the four women is palpable, as they portray with stark clarity the horrors and dilemmas they faced and experienced. That three of the four went to Israel and knew immediately that they would spend their remaining life there is a significant aside.