Acre-sized shtetl for Ukrainian WWII film to become a museum

The set has attracted attention in Ukrainian because of the attempt to recreate an institution that had existed for centuries in Eastern Europe. Only remnants of shtetls can be seen now.

The polystyrene headstones on the set of the film "Shttl," a French-Ukrainian production about the Holocaust that is being filmed outside Kyiv, Ukraine in 2021.

(photo credit: KP/STAR MEDIA)

ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA

AUGUST 11, 2021 17:35

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Acre-sized shtetl for Ukrainian WWII film to become a museum

The set has attracted attention in Ukrainian because of the attempt to recreate an institution that had existed for centuries in Eastern Europe. Only remnants of shtetls can be seen now.

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