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To Life!

Howard Triest poses in
front of the Nuremburg
courthouse.

Documentary film traces Howard Triest's experiences during

the Holocaust, the liberation and Nuremberg.

HARRY KIRSBAUM

Staff Writer

GLENN TRIEST

Photographer

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oward Triest fled Nazi
Germany as a teen, helped
storm Omaha Beach on D-
Day, became an interpreter ar the
Nuremberg trials, rescued his grand-
mother in Theresienstadt, found his
sister in Switzerland, then saw justice
done to the 21 men who were tried
for crimes against humanity at
Nuremberg.

Journey to Justice is an independent
film based on Triest's life story. The
film begins when the life of this 16-
year-old son of an assimilated, upper-
middle-class family in Munich,
Germany; is turned upside down when
the Nazis come to power.
The film, not yet
in release, will be
shown in a private
screening at Oakland
University in
Rochester Hills on
July 28.
Triest's wartime experiences are vast
in scope. From escaping the Nazis,

storming Omaha Beach as a soldier in
the U.S. Army, meeting the Russians
in Torgau, liberating Buchenwald and
translating at the Nuremberg Tribunal,
he witnessed or took part in almost
every large event in World War II as a
survivor, soldier, rescuer and photogra-
pher.
Royal Oak-based doc-
umentary filmmaker
Steve Palackdharry took
three years to produce,
photograph and edit the
"little film with big themes," he said.
Journey is filmed in five countries,
and Triest's two sons play roles. Brent,

ON TIE COVER

a partner in an equity investment firm
who lives in Huntington Woods, is the
narrator and interviewer. Glenn, a
professional photographer from
Ferndale, is featured in the movie —
and his still photos are used in very
dramatic fashion.
"That's one of the neat production
elements," Palackdharry said. "I use a
lot of Glenn's stuff, particularly when
we went through France. Because his
connection was so personal, I felt the
still images were more emotional than
anything I could shoot."
Although his images may have been
emotional, Glenn said he didn't feel

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