In Conversation with Maxwell Smart

Maxwell Smart (original name: Oziac Fromm) was born in 1930 in the predominantly Jewish town of Buczacz, Poland (now Ukraine). He survived the Holocaust and eventually immigrated to Montreal, Canada in 1948. Besides his parents, Smart lost his only sibling, a younger sister, and 62 members of his extended family.
In Montreal, he became a successful expressionist artist and businessman. He published his memoir Chaos to Canvas with the Azrieli Foundation about surviving the Holocaust. After participating in the documentary Cheating Hitler, he was approached by Harper Collins to write an expanded version of his experiences, which was released as The Boy in the Woods in 2022.
Maxwell optioned his memoir to Lumanity Productions and served as an Executive Producer on the feature film adaptation that was released in theatres a few days ago.
FSWC's Senior Educator, Elena Kingsbury, interviewed Maxwell about his life experiences and survival.

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My family and I saw the film The Boy in the Woods, truly touching and inspiring. A must see. Sorry for what you had to endure.