Boy On The Run: An Extraordinary Journey of Survival

This poignant and profoundly insightful film tells the gripping story of Paul Galan, who recounts the unbelievable story of his family’s survival in the Holocaust as a child. Amidst numerous close calls to death, he and his family eventually found themselves in a labour camp in Slovakia, where they were liberated during an uprising. They embarked on a perilous journey across the Sudetes mountains, disguised as Lutherans with falsified papers, desperately seeking refuge from kind-hearted strangers. Boy on the Run vividly recounts this extraordinary journey, including a tense night when he and his family found themselves sharing quarters with Nazi soldiers.

SPONSORED BY:
The Kahn Family Foundation
Marie Doduck with Cathy Golden, Bernice Carmeli
The Frank and Rosie Nelson Estate
Shoshi Albersheim in loving memory of Selma and Eugene Albersheim z”l
The Averbach Family
Dr. Ann Chala, Julius and Ann Chala in memory of Hungarian Jews who perished in the Holocaust

Festivals and Awards

• Winner: Best Documentary Feature, Boca International Film Festival, 2024