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The Jewish History of Comic Book Superheroes
1 PM LOS ANGELES • 4 PM NEW YORK
Do you know the secret Jewish history of comic books? Have you heard the Jewish stories behind iconic characters such as Superman and Spider-Man? And how comic books have portrayed the Holocaust? Tune into this free program to find out.
The Last Nazi Hunter
11 AM LOS ANGELES • 2 PM NEW YORK
The film The Last Nazi Hunter tells the dramatic true story of Dr. Efraim Zuroff and his decades long efforts to bring Nazi war criminals to justice. See the film and then meet him in person. A rare opportunity! Zuroff will be in dialogue with Dr. Mordecai Paldiel, who will also speak about a few individuals who were both Nazi collaborators and rescuers of Jews, and how Yad Vashem handled such cases.
The Daring Rescue of Denmark’s Jewish Community
11 AM LOS ANGELES • 2 PM NEW YORK
The collective rescue action that saved about 95% of the Danish Jewish population in October 1943 is a unique story in the annals of Holocaust rescue. New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage currently has on view a must-see exhibition about this story, designed for young people, ages 9 and up, and their families. Meet the curator who created this exhibition, the historian who consulted on it and a Holocaust survivor who was himself born in Denmark.
The Women Heroes of the Auschwitz Revolt
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 Wajcblum Heilman, sister of Estusia Wajcblum, the youngest member of the women’s resistance group. They smuggled explosives to the men’s camp in order to successfully blow up one of the crematoria on October 7, 1944.
Operation Wedding — The Story of Soviet Jews Who Cracked the Iron Curtain
11 AM LOS ANGELES • 2 PM NEW YORK
Leningrad, 1970. A group of Soviet Jews who were denied exit visas plots to hijack an empty plane and escape the USSR. 45 years later, filmmaker Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov reveals the compelling story of her parents, leaders of the group, “heroes” in the West but “terrorists” in Russia, even today.
Walter Winchell and the Defeat of the German American Bund
11 AM LOS ANGELES • 2 PM NEW YORK
Walter Winchell, the newspaper columnist, radio commentator and television personality, pioneered the fast-paced, gossip-driven, politically charged journalism that dominates today. His on-air activism to his 50 million listeners during World War II helped to defeat the German American Bund, the US version of the Nazi party. While his post-war legacy is much more problematic, his enormously impactful wartime efforts are worthy of being remembered and celebrated.
Elie Wiesel — Soul on Fire
1 PM LOS ANGELES • 4 PM NEW YORK
Told largely through his own words and eloquent voice, Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire seeks to penetrate to the heart of the known and unknown Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) — his passions, his conflicts and his legacy as one of the most public survivors of the trauma of the Holocaust. With unique access to personal archives, original interviews and employing hand-painted animation, the film illuminates Wiesel’s biography as a survivor, writer, teacher and public figure.