Expendable

Written as a screenplay, this real life story follows a young boy named Alfred from his early life in Hungary during the rise of the German war machine. First his father is taken in the middle of the night, never to be seen again. Then he, his brothers, and his mother are sent to a ghetto and then eventually to Auschwitz where Alfred said goodbye to them all. Over a harrowing 15 months, Alfred survives starvation, disease, and deplorable conditions in the concentration camp with the help of his make-shift family of fellow inmates. As the war closes and the Germans begin their retreat, Alfred survives a 500 mile trek to yet another concentration camp. It is a story of the tragedy of war, but also the amazing endurance and hope when one has the will to survive.