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When hardship and injustice threaten the well-being of those around us, it’s natural to want to remain quiet—to keep our heads down to protect ourselves from becoming a target, too. But the WWII drama The World Will Tremble offers a powerful reminder of the importance of speaking up.
The World Will Tremble tells the true story of prisoners from a Nazi camp in Poland who set out to do the impossible: escape from the camp and tell the world what’s really happening to the Jews. Day after day, these men witness the unimaginable. They’re forced to dig mass graves and bury the hundreds of men, women, children who are gassed in vans each day. And when they can no longer endure the suffering—and the suffering of others—two men make a plan to run from the camp and spread the word.
From the beginning, everything about this film is gut-wrenching and emotional. The men working at the camp may still be alive, but they live their lives in constant fear. They’ve learned how to survive—to do what they’re told and stay as invisible as possible. But their survival also means participating in the daily horrors at the camp: collecting the belongings of the Jews who have been told that they’re moving on to a better life, listening to the screams as they’re led away, burying the bodies. The thought of living through this day after day is unimaginable—because it’s painful just to watch it for a few minutes.
As the men discuss the plans to escape, it’s not hard to see why so many of them are against it—because the Nazis are ruthless, and they’d think nothing about killing every single one of them. So for the two men who decide to escape—and the others who decide to help them—it’s an act of courage and selflessness. They’re willing to risk their lives to tell the world about what’s really happening in the camps. Their story is powerful, suspenseful, and—especially—inspiring. It offers an eye-opening perspective on the Holocaust—as well as a message about speaking out against injustice, no matter the risk.
The World Will Tremble is an incredibly difficult film to watch. It doesn’t pull many punches, immersing viewers into the horrors of the Holocaust. But while it’s certainly a heavy and emotional story, it serves as an important reminder of the history that we must fight to keep from repeating.
You can join these two brave men on their quest when The World Will Tremble arrives in theaters on March 14, 2025.
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