Atlanta Jewish Film Festival – Running on Sand

A Holocaust survivor under a pseudonym turns his harrowing past into a literary sensation, deepening understanding of historical atrocity. Liberated from Auschwitz, Yechiel De-Nur, under the alias Ka-Tzetnik (“the man from the camps”), transforms his trauma into worldwide bestsellers in 32 languages. His true identity is revealed during the Eichmann trial, where he famously describes Auschwitz as “the other planet.” Wearing his camp uniform for nightly writing and LSD therapy, De-Nur’s perspective shifts radically, reshaping his view of the war. The Jerusalem Film Festival Best Documentary Research winner eloquently illustrates storytelling’s power in articulating unspeakable horrors.