LAMOTH to Present ‘The Holocaust & Italy’ Film Series and Panel Discussions
The Shoah-related movies and live Zoom discussions are part of this month’s “Teicholz Holocaust Remembrance Film Series: The Holocaust & Italy.”
The Shoah-related movies and live Zoom discussions are part of this month’s “Teicholz Holocaust Remembrance Film Series: The Holocaust & Italy.”
In a country where 75 percent of Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, the Moszkowicz family of lawyers stood out as a unique Jewish success story.
“This was a woman,” the narrator explains, as the camera pans over a figure so emaciated and burnt that it’s barely recognizable as human.
In early April 1945, Arthur Mainzer, barely 22, was a United States Army Air Forces cameraman assigned to documenting the war in Europe
Alice Agneskirchner is not Jewish.
The Nazi occupation of most of Europe during World War II and the Holocaust tested the moral fiber not only of the individual citizen but also of entire nations.
“People that don’t know me have an opinion of me that comes from the media. And that’s so far remote from what I am that I can’t even try to straighten it out.” These words from the controversial film director and provocateur Roman Polanski about his public image are the basis of a new documentary, “Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir.”
The long forecast “Holocaust fatigue” among filmmakers and their audiences has not yet arrived, judging by the entries for 2013 Oscar honors by producers and directors in numerous countries.