Film and Discussion: Swimming in Auschwitz May 16, 2007
36 Battery Place
New York, New York
New York, New York
FILM
New York Premiere
Swimming in Auschwitz
(2007, USA, 63 minutes, DVD)
Post-screening discussion with director Jon Kean and Holocaust Survivor and Educator Renee Firestone, featured in film
Sentenced to the most notorious Nazi death camp, six women discuss the horrors that they faced and the spirit that they preserved. Coping with loss and separation, these survivors tell stories of friendship, humor, and a mischievous swim in the German soldiers’ pool at Auschwitz.
Screened in conjunction with the exhibition Daring to Resist: Jewish Defiance in the Holocaust
$10 adults, $7 students/seniors, $5 members
Official Website: http://www.mjhnyc.org/safrahall/visit_safra_hall12.htm#swim
Added by Whistling in the Dark on May 16, 2007
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