Had Lionel Returned
November 4, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
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The documentary Things Would Have Been So Different Had Lionel Returned, about a Sydney woman’s family’s experiences during WWII will be shown at the NAJEX Remembrance ceremony in Sydney on Sunday.
Wendy Bookatz and Viki Nadel
It’s a moving story, with universal themes and includes family footage and photos from the archives of NCJWA NSW steering committee member Viki Nadel.
Three of the seven Goldsmith family children enlisted in WW11, Lionel, Oliver and Viki’s mother Gwendolen all serving overseas.
Lionel a rear gunner in the New Zealand Airforce never returned, shot down over Germany in September 1943 and buried with full military honours by the Luftwaffe.
The film was produced and directed by Wendy Bookatz.The ceremony followed by the film will take place at the Sydney Jewish Museum on Sunday 8 November from 9.30 am.
Original music by FourPlay String Quartet
Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor Wendy Bookatz
