"Shoah" was presented to cast as a "research material".

In the New York Times of Sunday, November 4, 2001, Bernard Weinraub presents a review of "Uprising". In that review, Mr. Weinraub tells us:

The cast members were supplied with books and other research materials and shown films like "Shoah", Claude Lanzmann's 1985 documentary about the Holocaust.

Some in the Polish-American community would characterize “Shoah” as more of a “cheap shot” rather than a research material or documentary.

Each layer of misrepresentation lays the foundation for another layer of misrepresentation.

Alexander Danel