Holocaust documentary directed by Gahanna resident debuts

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A documentary about the Holocaust which was a team effort involving a director from Gahanna and an author from New York premiered Wednesday night in Columbus.

Matthew Rozell, an author and former history teacher, and Mike Edwards, a filmmaker, have been working on "A Train Near Magdeburg" for about eight years. It's about roughly 2,500 Jews being liberated from a Nazi train by U.S. soldiers in April 1945. Oscar Schwartz and 16 of his family members were on the train.