The films changing how we understand the Holocaust
The genocide has been endlessly churned through the Hollywood machine, resulting in melodrama, insensitivity and triteness. Three new films attempt to correct that.
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The genocide has been endlessly churned through the Hollywood machine, resulting in melodrama, insensitivity and triteness. Three new films attempt to correct that.
“The world can be better if there’s love, tolerance and humility.” — Irena Sendler
After bravely rescuing children from the Warsaw Ghetto, Sendler was arrested by Nazi forces and faced execution on charges of treason.
Janina Mehlberg posed as the Countess Suchodolska to bring aid to prisoners at Majdanek concentration camp, where 63,000 were murdered. All the while, she was hiding a secret that could get her killed
On January 26, members of Concord Academy’s Jewish Student Organization (JSO) hosted Holocaust survivor Magda Bader, 94, during an assembly in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Bader’s talk was moderated by Debbie Coltin, a Holocaust educator, president of the Lappin Foundation, and member of the board of the Holocaust Legacy Foundation.