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The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm

( children chattering ) What’d you do for fun?

( children chattering ) What’d you do for fun?

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What’d you do for fun?
Duration
6 seconds
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16
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:55
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO

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Movie Summary

When ten-year-old Elliott asks his 90-year-old great-grandfather, Jack, about the number tattooed on his arm, he sparks an intimate conversation about Jack’s life that spans happy memories of childhood in Poland, the loss of his family, surviving Auschwitz and finding a new life in America.
And Saturday, everybody went to temple. - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:06
And Saturday, everybody went to temple.
My father dressed up, elegant, with a nice hat. - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:07
My father dressed up, elegant, with a nice hat.
Drive a car? ( laughs ) - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:06
Drive a car? ( laughs )
Elliott: Great-Poppy told me there’s always trouble for Jews, - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:08
Elliott: Great-Poppy told me there’s always trouble for Jews...
Eventually there was a lot of problems going on, - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:10
Eventually there was a lot of problems going on,
If we kill all the Jews, then we’re gonna have no more problems." - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:13
If we kill all the Jews, then we’re gonna have no more probl...
( crowd shouting ) Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil! - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:05
( crowd shouting ) Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!
Jews were forced to wear a yellow star. - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:06
Jews were forced to wear a yellow star.
When you walk on the street, they know you are Jewish. - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:05
When you walk on the street, they know you are Jewish.
Srulek: Jude. That’s a Jew. - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:05
Srulek: Jude. That’s a Jew.
Elliott: There were people chucking rocks - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:08
Elliott: There were people chucking rocks
My great-grandfather, - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:06
My great-grandfather,
He got kicked out of school because he was Jewish. - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:06
He got kicked out of school because he was Jewish.
Srulek: The Germans came in, - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:07
Srulek: The Germans came in,
And they sent us to the ghetto. - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:06
And they sent us to the ghetto.
Elliott: The ghetto was a little area - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:09
Elliott: The ghetto was a little area
15 or 20 people sleeping in one room. - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:07
15 or 20 people sleeping in one room.
Elliott: They lost their homes, they lost their possessions, - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:09
Elliott: They lost their homes, they lost their possessions,
What happened after you were in the ghetto? - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:05
What happened after you were in the ghetto?
I was walking with my friends - The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 00:07
I was walking with my friends