Since 1994, Bernhard Rammerstorfer, has conducted intensive research that has enabled him to produce a historically accurate record of Nazi concentration camp survivor Leopold Engleitner’s life that has appeared in a number of publications and films in various languages and countries. Rammerstorfer wrote the biography of Engleitner, Unbroken Will: The Extraordinary Courage of an Ordinary Man-The story of Nazi Concentration Camp Survivor Leopold Engleitner, born 1905 (in German: Ungebrochener Wille), and produced an accompanying film documentary. The book was translated in French (2007) and Russian (2009).
He also produced an educational DVD "Unbrken Will" which contains material on the Holocaust for the use in schools in English, German, Italian, and Spanish.
In 2006, he produced the documentary “Unbroken Will Captivates the United States” which was premiered at the Laemmle's Music Hall 3 Theatre in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
Rammerstorfer produced also the documentary “Unbroken Will USA Tour” which was premiered in the U.S. at the Laemmle's Sunset 5 Theatre in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, in 2009.
Since 2009 Rammerstorfer has given many lectures with Engleitner at various universities, schools and memorial sites in Austria, Germany, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, and the United States of America.
Europe
Bern University, Switzerland
Dresden University, Germany
Graz University, Austria
Salzburg University, Austria
Vienna University, Austria
Castello Sforzesco, Italy
Frankfurt Book Fair 2008 and 2009, the world’s largest book fair, Germany
Moscow Central Journalist House, Russia
Bookstore “BIBLIO-GLOBUS” in Moscow, Russia
United States
2004:
US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC
Austrian Embassy in Washington DC
Columbia University in New York
Austrian Consulate General in New York
Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles
2006:
Stanford University in Palo Alto (San Francisco Bay)
Georgetown University in Washington DC
Columbia University in New York
Harold Washington College in Chicago
Library of Congress in Washington DC
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois in Skokie
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
2009:
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida
Palladium Theater at St. Petersburg College, Florida
In May 2009, the songwriters Mark David Smith and Rex Salas from California wrote the song "Unbroken Will" for Leopold Engleitner. On May 22, 2009, Leopold Engleitner was presented the song during an event at Moorpark College. The singer Phillip Ingram interprets "Unbroken Will".
Rammerstorfer’s extraordinary commitment has brought Leopold Engleitner, now the oldest living male Nazi concentration camp survivor, widespread recognition as his story has resonated far beyond the borders of Austria with a message of peace and tolerance to ensure that the past would never be forgotten.
