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The Paper Brigade — Cultural Resistance in Vilna
11 AM LOS ANGELES • 2 PM NEW YORK
This film-and-discussion program tells the story of the cultural resistance group in Vilna known as “The Paper Brigade.” Led by the famed Yiddish poet Avrom Sutzkever, they risked their lives to rescue the cultural and literary heritage of the Jewish community in the “Jerusalem of Lithuania.”
free but registration required
The Zookeeper’s Wife
1 PM LOS ANGELES • 4 PM NEW YORK
Jan and Antonina Zabinski were the managers of the Warsaw Zoo. There, thanks to their efforts, 300 Jewish men, women, and children were hidden in animal cages and in their home from 1939 to 1945. This remarkable couple was named Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem. Diane Ackerman, author of the bestselling book The Zookeeper’s Wife, will be our featured speaker.
