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August 2016

Film Screening: Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story

August 28, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Congregation Mikveh Israel,
44 North 4th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106 United States
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Followed by remarks by Jason Guberman, Executive Director, American Sephardi Federation

Suggested donation:  $10

Please RSVP by calling (215) 922-5446

September 2016

Film screening: Disobedience: The Sousa Mendes Story

September 7, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The State Cinema,
990 Hope Street
Stamford, CT United States
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Q & A following the screening led by Karen Denker, daughter and granddaughter of Sousa Mendes visa recipients.

Tickets:  $10

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Lecture: Lunch and Learn

September 8, 2016 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Alex Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus,
901 Route 10
Whippany, NJ 07981
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In 2012, while research her book, My Sister’s Eyes, Joan Halperin learned of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, his heroism and his connection to her family’s rescue from Nazi-occupied Europe.

Bring your own dairy bag lunch.  Dessert and beverages will be served.

Please RSVP to holocaustcouncil@jfedgmw.org or (973) 929-3194.

Profile in Resistance: My Father’s Story: A Jewish Resistance Fighter in Nazi-Occupied Belgium

September 8, 2016 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives,
Queensborough Community College
Queens, NY United States
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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”

September 8, 2016 @ 10:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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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

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Travel Channel Feature: “Mysteries at the Museum”

September 9, 2016 @ 1:00 am - 2:00 am
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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

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Film and Discussion: A Portuguese Hero

September 14, 2016 @ 7:00 am - 9:00 pm
Victoria Hall,
4626 Sherbrooke St. W.
Westmount, Quebec Canada
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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.”

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Film Screening, Roundtable and Ceremony: “Hommage à Aristides de Sousa Mendes”

September 17, 2016 @ 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Salle communale de Carouge,
rue Ancienne, 37
Carouge, Switzerland
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Organized by the Association of Portuguese Speakers in Switzerland. Event in French and Portuguese. Special guest Gerald Mendes.

October 2016

Exhibition: Portugal, the Last Hope: Sousa Mendes’ Visas to Freedom

Extended! On view through October 31, 2016. Reduced exhibition on view thereafter, until December 31, 2016.
Center for Jewish History,
15 W 16th Street
New York, NY 10011 United States
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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

November 2016

Film screening and ceremony: Remembering Aristides de Sousa Mendes

November 11, 2016 - November 15, 2016
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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.

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