Bernhard Rammerstorfer

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Bernhard Rammerstorfer (born 1968) is an Austrian author and film director. His book Unbroken Will (German : Nein statt Ja und Amen) is a biography of the Austrian Jehovah's Witness and Holocaust survivor Leopold Engleitner. He later made a documentary film with the same title. His 2012 documentary Ladder in the Lions' Den, made with A. Ferenc Gutai, received a special jury mention at the online European International Film Festival in 2016, [1] and took second place in the "Best Festival Film" category and won the "Best Documentary Film Award" at the Switzerland International Film Festival in 2018. [2]

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Life and Work

Bernhard Rammerstorfer is originally from Niederwaldkirchen, Austria. In 1999, he authored and published *Nein statt Ja und Amen*, a biography detailing the life of conscientious objector Leopold Engleitner. Rammerstorfer also produced the documentary film of the same name. [3]

In 2008, he released a revised edition of Engleitner's biography titled *Unbroken Will*, with an expanded and updated edition appearing in 2011. The book has been translated into English (2004), French (2007), and Russian (2009). In 2006, Rammerstorfer produced the documentary *Unbroken Will Captivates the United States*, which premiered at the Laemmle's Music Hall 3 theater in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. He also produced the 2008 documentary *Unbroken Will on USA Lecture Tour: Leopold Engleitner’s tireless commitment to tolerance, humanity, and peace at the age of 101*. The US premiere took place in 2009 at Laemmle’s Sunset 5 in West Hollywood, Los Angeles. [4]

In 2012, Rammerstorfer authored and published *In the Witness Stand: What We Still Need to Say, 100 Questions – 900 Answers*, a collection of interviews with Holocaust survivors and Nazi victims, and produced a DVD under the same title.

Also in 2012, together with A. Ferenc Gutai, he produced the documentary *Ladder in the Lions’ Den – Freedom is a Choice: Nazi Concentration Camp Survivor Leopold Engleitner: A 107-Year-Old Eyewitness Tells His Story*. Its US premiere was held in November 2012 in Los Angeles. The German version, titled *Leiter in der Löwengrube – Was bedeutet Freiheit? KZ-Überlebender Leopold Engleitner: Ein 107-jähriger Zeitzeuge erzählt seine Geschichte*, was released in Austria in March 2013. [5]

The film *Ladder in the Lions’ Den* was honored with international awards at the 2013 Fallbrook International Film Festival in California and the 2013 Rincón International Film Festival in Puerto Rico. [6] [7]

Lectures in Europe and the United States

The book and film were released in the United States in 2004 under the title *Unbroken Will*. On this topic, Rammerstorfer, together with Engleitner, gave lectures at schools, universities, memorial sites, and other institutions across Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Russia, and the United States. [8]

Awards

For Ladder in the Lions' Den

For Taking the Stand:

References

  1. ↑ Winners. European International Film Festival, 2016. Accessed February 2019.
  2. ↑ Award Winners 2018. Switzerland International Film Festival. Accessed February 2019.
  3. ↑ Rammerstorfer, Bernhard (1999). Nein statt Ja und Amen. Eigenverlag Rammerstorfer. ISBN   978-3-200-00218-0.
  4. ↑ "Unbroken Will Captivates the United States – Laemmle Theatres" . Retrieved 2025-05-22.
  5. ↑ "Leiter in der Löwengrube – ORF Oberösterreich" . Retrieved 2025-05-22.
  6. ↑ "Fallbrook International Film Festival 2013 Awards" . Retrieved 2025-05-22.
  7. ↑ "Rincón International Film Festival 2013 Winners" . Retrieved 2025-05-22.
  8. ↑ Rammerstorfer, Bernhard (2014). Unbroken Will: The Extraordinary Courage of an Ordinary Man – The Story of Nazi Concentration Camp Survivor Leopold Engleitner, born 1905. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN   978-1-4931-5781-5.
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