{"id":12291,"date":"2026-10-28T17:35:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prefrontalcortex.de\/?post_type=projects&#038;p=12291"},"modified":"2026-11-02T22:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T21:18:37","slug":"hershels-bunker","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/prefrontalcortex.de\/en\/projects\/hershels-bunker\/","title":{"rendered":"Hershel&#8217;s Bunker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>How One Family Survived The Holocaust<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hershel\u2019s Bunker is an interactive web documentary that tells the story of a Jewish family during the Holocaust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hershel&amp;apos;s Bunker - How One Family Survived The Holocaust\" width=\"907\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d-267svmXPY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At its center is the Polish-Jewish Ressler family, who were forced by the German occupiers to leave their home in 1941. 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