Years after her grandparents have died, filmmaker Ruth Fertig discovers her grandmother’s memoir (a stirring account of her struggle to keep herself and her children alive during the Holocaust). In the memoir, which was written in the last years of her life, her grandmother tells a story she never fully shared with her family during her lifetime. With beautifully rendered animation by Jeanne Stern, archival material, and present-day Super 8 footage, Yizkor tells the story of survival and resilience in the face of crushing loss.