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Cartoonists Against Racism: The Secret Jewish War on Bigotry
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT!
1 PM LOS ANGELES • 4 PM NEW YORK
Cartoonists Against Racism uncovers the secret campaign spearheaded by the American Jewish Committee to create anti-racist comics and cartoons to flood America’s newspapers, classrooms, and union halls during World War II. Meet the artists and the work that was their ammunition in the battle for America’s soul.
Women’s Resistance at Auschwitz
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.
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
1 PM LOS ANGELES • 4 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.
Music as Resistance — Reconstructing the Lost Music of Auschwitz
11 AM LOS ANGELES • 2 PM NEW YORK
The Lost Music of Auschwitz tells the remarkable story of British composer Leo Geyer’s 8-year long mission to piece together a treasure-trove of forgotten fragments of music manuscripts found in the archives of the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum.
No Asylum — The Anne Frank Family’s Dreams of America
1 PM LOS ANGELES • 4 PM NEW YORK
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.
Aristides
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT!
11 AM LOS ANGELES • 2 PM NEW YORK
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A new children’s book about our hero! Author Elizabeth Brown and artist Melissa Castrillón have created a delightful new book about Aristides de Sousa Mendes for young readers titled The World Entire — A True Story of an Extraordinary World War II Rescue.
Behind Enemy Lines — The Marthe Cohn Story
4 PM LOS ANGELES • 7 PM NEW YORK
Chichinette: The Accidental Spy is an inspiring documentary about Marthe Hofnung Cohn, a feisty French Jewish woman who joined the French Army during WWII after Hitler’s rise to power. After remaining silent for nearly 60 years, Marthe began sharing her extraordinary story of resistance — how she used her language skills and blonde hair to pose as a German nurse, slipping behind enemy lines to gather critical intelligence that helped the Allies to win the war.
Lioness — Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel
1 PM LOS ANGELES • 4 PM NEW YORK
Golda’s War Diaries explores the secrets revealed in newly declassified files concerning Prime Minister Golda Meir’s time in office, and particularly her handling of the Yom Kippur War. The result is an intimate portrait of a leader in crisis yet very much in charge.