Co-directors Matthew O’Neill and Perri Peltz’s powerful documentary THE LAST 
TWINS tells the extraordinary story of Erno
(Zvi) Spiegel, an unsung hero who risked everything to protect the most vulnerable in Auschwitz – dozens of young boys, many of them twins, targeted by Josef Mengele for brutal medical experimentation. Through courage, compassion, and ingenuity, Spiegel 
shielded these children from unimaginable harm. When liberation came, he didn’t stop—he led the boys on a harrowing journey across Europe, ultimately bringing them home. Through first-hand testimony and exclusive archival material, THE LAST TWINS brings to life the 
voices of those who survived because of Spiegel’s defiance . His acts of humanity didn’t just save lives—they created a legacy. Today, the children he protected have families of their own,
with descendants who are researchers, advocates, lawyers, and musicians, living all over the world. Award-winning filmmaker Matthew O’Neill (Perri Peltz) Spiegel’s daughter, Dr. Judith Richter join us for a 
compelling conversation on the incredible story and surpassing courage of Erno and scores of others who helped Erno bring so many of the twins into a world beyond the horrors of the death camp and how their story continues to inspire humanitarians around the world.
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Filmmaker’s statement – “Erno Spiegel’s story reminds us that even in the darkest places, there are people who choose to act with courage and compassion” explains co-director Perri Peltz. “The Last Twins” is a tribute to one man’s quiet defiance and the children whose lives—and legacies—he helped preserve.” Co-director Matthew O’Neill continues, “We are at a critical point in history – a moment when memories of the Holocaust are fading, and the resurgent tide of antisemitism and bigotry now coursing through our world makes remembering more imperative than ever. As the number of firsthand accounts dwindles, there’s an urgency to illuminate one of humanity’s greatest atrocities with Erno’s story of hope and heroism.”
About the filmmaker – Matthew O’Neill is an Emmy® Award winning, and Academy Award® nominated documentary filmmaker and journalist. He most recently directed Can’t Look Away: The Case Against Social Media for Bloomberg Originals, Surveilled for HBO and created the Emmy® winning HBO documentary news series AXIOS on HBO with Perri Peltz. Matthew and Perri also directed the 2019 HBO documentary Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America. Matthew has been making non-fiction films with Downtown Community Television Center, Inc, (DCTV) in NYC’s Chinatown for the last 25 years. His earlier projects for HBO, ESPN, Disney+, Netflix and FRONTLINE have focused on everything from the Egyptian Revolution to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American criminal justice system, and the School of American Ballet. His filmmaking has taken him to more than 50 different countries for films including Baghdad ER, In Tahrir Square and Wartorn. He has received two Academy Award nominations for Redemption and China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province and has been recognized with two Columbia DuPont Awards, a Peabody Award, an Overseas Press Club Award, five Emmy Awards and a Director’s Guild Award nomination.
About the filmmaker – Perri Peltz is an Emmy® award winning documentary filmmaker, journalist, and public health advocate. Most recently, Perri directed Can’t Look Away: The Case Against Social Media, for Bloomberg Originals, Surveilled for HBO and created the Emmy® winning documentary news series AXIOS on HBO with Matthew O’Neill. Perri and Matthew also directed and produced the 2019 HBO Documentary, Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America. Previously, Perri directed the HBO documentaries, Warning: This Drug May Kill You, about the opioid addiction epidemic and Risky Drinking, about alcohol use disorder. She co-directed A Conversation About Growing Up Black as part of the “Conversation on Race” series for The New York Times Op-Docs, and other films include HBO’s Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr. and Prison Dogs. Perri hosts “The Perri Peltz Show” with Matthew O’Neill on SiriusXM Radio and has a Doctorate in Public Health from Columbia University. She was previously an award-winning broadcast journalist for NBC, ABC, and CNN.
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Reviews:
“The documentary features some archival footage, but its power lies in the vivid, heartfelt interviews with the surviving twins and Richter and her husband.” – Nell Minow, RogerEbert.com
“Here, heroism is presented less as a feat of preternatural bravery than a series of choices made by someone who simply refused to give up his humanity.” – Beatrice Loayza, New York Times
“A profoundly moving and engrossing documentary.” – Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru
“An important addition to evidence of Jewish resistance and rescue during the Holocaust. Tightly edits together stories of the surviving twins chronologically through very specific interviews how Erno ‘Zvi’ Spiegel protected their lives from Auschwitz on.” – Nora Lee Mandel, Maven’s Nest
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