Film and Discussion: Swimming in Auschwitz May 16, 2007

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