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Film screening in Utah
Congregation Kol Ami presents a screening of the film Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. Discussion following the film will be led by Dan Mattis, who received a visa from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in May of 1940 during his escape from Nazi-occupied Europe.
Event WebsiteFilm screening in Pennsylvania
Congregation Beth Hamedrosh of Wynnewood, PA presents a screening of the film Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. Light refreshments will be served.
Event WebsiteFilm screening in Mineola, NY
The Long Island Portuguese Lions Club presents a screening of the award-winning film Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story at Mineola High School. Q&A will be led by Olivia Mattis, President of the Sousa Mendes Foundation. Come learn about a true Portuguese hero and be inspired! Refreshments available for purchase.
Tickets $10 available at the door.
Film screening in Pinecrest, Florida
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami presents a two-part program in honor of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, beginning with this March 11 screening of the film Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. Post-screening Q&A led by Robert Jacobvitz, Chair of the Advisory Council, Sousa Mendes Foundation. Later in April, on the occasion of Yom Hashoah, the Genealogical Society will present Rebecca Barber, who will tell the gripping true story of how her mother and other family members were rescued by Sousa Mendes.
Event WebsitePresentation and book signing by Joan Arnay Halperin in Leonia, NJ
The realities of World War II catapult the Krakowiak family out of their charmed life and into an exodus across half the world. Joan Arnay Halperin’s book My Sister’s Eyes tells the dramatic true story of her family’s rescue by Aristides de Sousa Mendes and subsequent semi-internment in a British evacuee camp on the island of Jamaica, amounting to a Holocaust tale quite unlike any other.
Film screening and presentation in Chicago, IL
Anshe Emet Synagogue presents excerpts from the film Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. Paulette Freed, whose family was saved by Aristides de Sousa Mendes, will present the story of her family’s escape from Nazi-occupied Europe and her own pilgrimage to retrace her family’s footsteps to freedom. To register for the event, and purchase optional memorial candles, please go here: http://tinyurl.com/yomhashoah5778.
Event WebsiteFilm screening in Millersville, PA
Millersville University presents a screening of the film Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story as part of the 35th Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide — “Holocaust and Genocide Trials.” For the full conference program, please see http://www.millersville.edu/holocon/files/2018_mu_holocaust_conference_program.pdf.
Event WebsiteFilm screening in New Rochelle, NY
Temple Israel of New Rochelle presents a screening of the film Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story. Post-screening Q&A led by Leah Rozenfeld Sills, Vice-President, Sousa Mendes Foundation. For the event flyer with more information, please click here: http://tinr.org/images/Holidays_pdfs_and_images/The_Sousa_Mendes_Story_Movie_2018.pdf.
Event WebsitePresentation in Delray Beach, FL: “Leah Steppel: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Survival”
Caught within the ever-approaching steel jaws of Nazi exterminators, a nineteen-year-old German Jewish girl Leah Steppel keeps a diary as she and her family desperately flee Europe for their lives. Across European countries, they endured to preserve their lives one hour, one day at a time — always one step ahead. In June of 2017, Leah’s daughter Rebecca Steppel Barber and her husband Sandy Barber journeyed with other descendants saved by the Righteous Gentile, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, as they recreated the flight for life beginning in Bordeaux and concluding in Lisbon, Portugal. Led by the Sousa Mendes Foundation, many of the travelers were able to find exact locations their parents and grandparents walked, hid or lived while waiting for passports and safe passage. An amazing insight into little-known World War II history!
Doors open 9:30 a.m. for light refreshments. Presentation begins at 10 a.m.
Event WebsitePresentation and book signing by Joan Arnay Halperin in Merrick, NY
The realities of World War II catapult the Krakowiak family out of their charmed life and into an exodus across half the world. Joan Arnay Halperin’s book My Sister’s Eyes tells the dramatic true story of her family’s rescue by Aristides de Sousa Mendes and subsequent semi-internment in a British evacuee camp on the island of Jamaica, amounting to a Holocaust tale quite unlike any other.
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