{"product_id":"sarah-yoram-gross","title":"Sarah - Yoram Gross","description":"\u003cp\u003eCan you imagine what it would be like to lose your home, your family, your friends-everything you have? This is what happened to Sarah when war came to her village. Until that day her life had been safe, happy and filled with love. But from that moment on, everything changed. She was forced to run and hide in the forest, her only home a hole in the ground, nuts and berries her only food, wild creatures her only companions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of how Sarah learned not only to survive, but to fight back at the horrors that surrounded her. Although it is the story of only one child, it is written in memory of thousands like her who have been the innocent victims of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the author:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 12px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-complete=\"true\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgDEAA\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYoram Jerzy Gross\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e AM (18 October 1926 – 21 September 2015) was a Polish-Australian filmmaker. He founded the animation studio Flying Bark Productions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe was known for his adaptation of children's characters from books and films and best known for the production of the films \u003ci\u003eDot and the Kangaroo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEarly life and education\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYoram Jerzy Gross was born on 18 October 1926 in Kraków, Poland to a religious Jewish family and was the younger brother of the film director Natan Gross \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGross endured WW2 under the Nazi regime. His family was on Oskar Schindler's list, but chose to make their own risky escape, moving hiding places 72 times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGross studied music and musicology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (also known as Krakow University). He first entered the film industry in 1947 at the age of 20 when he became one of the first students of Jerzy Toeplitz (founder of the Polish Film Institute, the Swiss Film Institute, and the Australian Film and Television School). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Museum Donation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45098231005253,"sku":"758","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/9997\/3445\/files\/sarah-yoram-gross-sarah-9349368.jpg?v=1781132046","url":"https:\/\/shop.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au\/products\/sarah-yoram-gross","provider":"Sydney Jewish Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}