Rebuilt from Broken Glass is a documentary film that follows the life of Fred Behrend, whose life was ripped apart by the horrors of Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass). He saw synagogues on fire. He saw Jewish stores destroyed, the glass from their storefronts littering the streets. His father was taken to a concentration camp. Fred’s tale of escaping the Germans, only to turn the tables on them during his life, was extraordinary all on its own. As a U.S. Army soldier, he taught the ways of liberty and democracy to hardened Nazi POWs. Little did Fred know that on the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, he would suddenly be reunited with a long-lost friend with whom he experienced that fateful day. We will watch as the revelation of each other’s tales enlightens the two men – and all of us – on what it takes to endure tragedy and Holocaust survivors’ ultimate triumph: living to pass down their story to new generations. As the two men say: Hitler did not win.