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Free film screening and reception in Washington, DC
The Portuguese Embassy in Washington, DC is hosting a free film screening at the historic Avalon Theatre of Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. Reception begins at 6:30, with the screening at 7:30. After the film, stay for discussion and Q&A with Olivia Mattis, President of the Sousa Mendes Foundation. The event is free, but pre-registration is required.
Exhibition in New Bedford, MA
The New Bedford Whaling Museum, in partnership with the Portuguese Consulate of New Bedford, MA, presents the exhibition, “These are my people!” — The Story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes. This 20-panel exhibition tells the gripping true story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes and the refugees he saved.
Also on view will be original artifacts such as passports with Sousa Mendes visas, toys carried by child refugees, and other items on loan from the Sousa Mendes Foundation and individual visa recipient families.
The exhibition opening will include a screening of the short documentary film With God Against Man directed by Semyon Pinkhasov. The event is free, but pre-registration is required.
Following the free June 13th opening, the exhibition will remain on view until mid-July. Regular museum admission rates apply.
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Escape to Life: exhibit and artist talk in New Rochelle, NY
Leah Rozenfeld Sills, Vice-President of the Sousa Mendes Foundation, invites you to
Escape to Life, an exhibit and artist talk with:
Gaia Starr, ceramic artist and author of
Journey Maps 1940, a ceramic novel
and
Joan Arnay Halperin, author of
My Sister’s Eyes: A Family Chronicle of Rescue and Loss During World War II
A benefit for the Sousa Mendes Foundation
Artist talks at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Coffee and kosher desserts!
Donations (of any amount) can be made at:
www.crowdrise.com/visastofreedom
Or by check or cash in person.
Donations are 100% tax-deductible.
Questions? Call (877) 797-9759 or email: olivia@sousamendesfoundation.org
Event WebsiteFilm screening in Key West, Florida
Congregation B’nai Zion 2018-19 Film Series, M3M presents Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. Q&A will be led by Robert Jacobvitz, longtime activist in the Sousa Mendes cause and the Chair of the Sousa Mendes Foundation’s Advisory Council. Refreshments will be served.
Event WebsiteFilm screening in Tucson, Arizona
The Tucson Jewish Film Festival presents Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. A post-screening discussion will be led by Peter Barrett, whose Austrian-Jewish grandparents received lifesaving visas in 1940 from Aristides de Sousa Mendes.
Event WebsiteFilm screening in Coral Gables, Florida
The University of Miami presents a screening of Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. A post-screening discussion will be led by Robert Jacobvitz, Chair of the Sousa Mendes Foundation’s Advisory Council. Refreshments will be served.
Event WebsiteA celebration of Sugihara and Sousa Mendes
Dr. Mordecai Paldiel, the leading world authority on the Righteous Diplomats, will speak in an intimate wine-and-cheese gathering to which you are invited! Dr. Paldiel is the former director of the Righteous Among the Nations department at Yad Vashem and will speak about Chiune Sugihara, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Georg Duckwitz and other heroes.
Also speaking will be Armand Lerner, a Sousa Mendes visa recipient, and Chaim Jaskoll, whose family was saved by Sugihara. On view during this special event will be the ceramic novel “Journey Maps 1940” by Gaia Starr, depicting her family’s exodus from Nazi-occupied Europe with the help of Aristides de Sousa Mendes.
This is a very special event that you won’t want to miss! If you plan to come, kindly RSVP to info@sousamendesfoundation.org. Or give us a call at (877) 797-9759.
Yom Hashoah in New Bedford, MA
In recognition of the special relationship between the city of New Bedford, MA and the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Jewish Federation of New Bedford will present a gift to the Sousa Mendes Foundation on the occasion of the annual Yom Hashoah service of the city of New Bedford at Buttonwood Park. Representing the Foundation will be Robert Jacobvitz, Chair of the Advisory Council, who played a key role in the early recognitions of Sousa Mendes in New Bedford and elsewhere in the 1980s. Representing the Jewish Federation will be Amir Cohen, Executive Director.
Event WebsiteFilm screening in Durham, New Hampshire
The Community Church of Durham, NH presents the award-winning film, Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. Post-screening Q&A will be led by Dr. Douglas Wheeler, historian and expert on Portugal during World War II. The event is free and open to the public.
Event WebsiteRescue: The Sousa Mendes Story
Stefan Rozenfeld was born in 1934 in Lodz, Poland. His father, Abraham, was a ribbon manufacturer traveling in Belgium when World War II began on September 1, 1939. Separated from his wife Eugenia (Jenny) and Stefan, Abraham organized a daring escape that reunited the family. However, without the help of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Portuguese Consul in Bordeaux, France, the Rozenfeld family would never had mad it to safety. Stefan Rozenfeld and his daughter Leah Rozenfeld Sills will tell his, and their family story.
This discussion is part of the Harold A. Gottesman ’50 Lecture Series and is open to the public.
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