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Women’s Resistance at Auschwitz

Name: Women’s Resistance at Auschwitz
Start: 2025-08-24T04:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-08-25T03:59:59+00:00

August 24

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11 AM LOS ANGELES • 2 PM NEW YORK

Sabotage tells the dramatic and unknown story of the women’s underground operation in Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is a story of feminine heroism, resistance, hope and tragedy, told through the eyes of Anna Heilman, sister of Estera Wajcblum, the youngest member of the women’s resistance group, that also included Róza Robota, Ella Gärtner and Regina Safirsztajn. These heroic women, whose names we should remember, helped plan and implement the Sondercommando Revolt of October 7, 1944.

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THE SCHEDULE

⇒ August 22-25, watch the film Sabotage on your home device. A link will be provided to all who register.

⇒ Sunday, August 24 at 2:00 p.m. US Eastern Time, tune into the program with our distinguished panel of speakers. A link will be provided to all who register.

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MEET THE SPEAKERS

Noa Aharoni is an award-winning filmmaker known for her compelling documentaries and storytelling. Her documentary, Shadows explores the complex legacy of the Holocaust through the experiences of the second generation, garnered significant attention, premiering at festivals such as Docaviv and IDFA and earning her a nomination for the Israeli Academy Award for Best Documentary. Shadows also received the Best Documentary Film Award at the Israeli Documentary Awards. Her debut feature film, By Summer’s End, was also recognized with a Distribution Award and an Israeli Academy Award nomination, further showcasing her talent.

Dr. Jud Newborn, left, who will moderate, was the Founding Historian of New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage and is co-author of the acclaimed Sophie Scholl and the White Rose. A dramatic multimedia lecturer, he has spoken throughout North America, at the UN and worldwide. He was awarded his PhD with Distinction by the University of Chicago following three years of adventurous fieldwork as a Fulbright and Woodrow Wilson National Fellow, including hunting down former SS officers and working undercover during communist martial law in Poland. He was honored with the Anne Frank Center’s prestigious “Spirit of Anne Frank Award” and is the Emmy Award-winning Producer of Special Programs for Long Island’s Cinema Arts Centre.

Allan Eliyahu Mallenbaum has been a student, researcher, and educator of Holocaust Resistance since 1994 when he discovered that his 2nd cousin, Rosa Robota, had been the heroic leader of the women’s resistance at Auschwitz. A native of Brooklyn, NY, he is retired from a career as a marketing and advertising executive in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Along the way he fought for Jewish causes in the JDL, where he created the slogan “Never Again!” He also founded the Rosa Robota Foundation, Jewish Survival Legion, and Long Island Genealogy Federation, and served as president of The Computer Genealogy Society. A Plainview, NY resident, he remains active in the Jewish War Veterans and other groups.

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Date:: August 24
Cost:: tickets by donation
Event Categories:: Discussion, Film Screening, Lecture