6:00pm Mon. "Diamonds In The Snow" Q&A With Director and Holocaust Survivor: Mira Reym Binford
Mon, Sep 16
|Jewish Federation of Western Connecticut
Thousands of Jewish children lived in the Polish city of Bedzin before the Holocaust. Barely a dozen survived the community’s destruction. Through interviews, rare archival film and photos, this critically-acclaimed, award-winning documentary tells the story of three of children.
Time & Location
Sep 16, 2019, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Jewish Federation of Western Connecticut, 444 Main St N, Southbury, CT 06488, USA
About the event
6:00pm Mon. "Diamonds In The Snow" Q&A With Director and Holocaust Survivor: Mira Reym Binford
Thousands of Jewish children lived in the Polish city of Bedzin before the Holocaust. Barely a dozen survived the community’s destruction. Through interviews, rare archival film and photos, this critically acclaimed, award-winning documentary tells the story of three of these children - Ada, Shulamit, and the filmmaker herself, Mira. The women recount their memories of childhoods spent hiding from the Nazis and reflect on the courage of those individuals and families who helped them survive.
The film not only documents a tragic historical period but also examines the complexity of human nature under extreme duress, undermining stereotypes about the behavior of Jews, Poles, and even some Germans during the era. The film’s story involves Alfred Rossner, a German businessman who, like Oskar Schindler, employed forced Jewish labor and saved Jewish lives, but who, unlike Schindler,…