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Profile in Resistance: My Father’s Story: A Jewish Resistance Fighter in Nazi-Occupied Belgium
Michel Moshe Werber will tell the story of his father, Abusz Werber, who published the clandestine newspaper Unzer Wort during the Nazi occupation of Belgium.
Travel Channel Feature: “Mysteries at the Museum”
The Travel Channel recently highlighted our exhibition at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in their program “Mysteries at the Museum.”
Airing 10 p.m., 9 p.m. Central
Travel Channel Feature: “Mysteries at the Museum”
The Travel Channel recently highlighted our exhibition at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in their program “Mysteries at the Museum.”
Airing September 9, 1 a.m., midnight September 8, Central
Film and Discussion: A Portuguese Hero
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The Jewish National Fund of Montreal and the Portuguese Association of Canada jointly present this tribute to Aristides de Sousa Mendes. Speakers Andrée Lotey and Louis-Philippe Mendes, will present two short documentary films: “The Green Suitcase” and “I am Alive Thanks to Aristides de Sousa Mendes.” |
Film Screening, Roundtable and Ceremony: “Hommage à Aristides de Sousa Mendes”
Organized by the Association of Portuguese Speakers in Switzerland. Event in French and Portuguese. Special guest Gerald Mendes.
Exhibition: Portugal, the Last Hope: Sousa Mendes’ Visas to Freedom
Exhibition including original artifacts such as dolls, passports, and identification cards carried by Sousa Mendes visa recipients as they fled Nazi-occupied Europe via Portugal with help from Aristides de Sousa Mendes.
Leon Levy Gallery and Mezzanine Gallery, 2nd floor
Sunday, 11:00am – 5:00pm
Monday and Wednesday, 9:30am – 8:00pm
Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30am – 5:00pm
Friday: 9:30am – 4:00pm.
Free and open to the public
Film screening and ceremony: Remembering Aristides de Sousa Mendes
Camp Gibraltar, on the island of Jamaica, was a safe haven during World War II for Jews escaping Nazi-occupied Europe. Some of the refugees who found respite there were Sousa Mendes visa recipients. Accordingly, Aristides de Sousa Mendes will be honored during a reunion of the families who once called Camp Gibraltar home.
Film Screening: Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story
Presented by the Jewish Federation of Ottawa
Followed by Q&A with Louis-Philippe Mendes, grandson of Aristides de Sousa Mendes
Tickets by donation.
For more information contact: emoscoe@jewishottawa.com
Film Screening: With God Against Man
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The American Club of Lisbon is organizing this “Dinner with a Movie” event to support travel-study grants to the United States. This year’s study topics include American perspectives on the Sousa Mendes story. €35/ €50 For more information: office@americancluboflisbon.com or (+351) 21352-9308. |
