This year, Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day – falls on Monday, April 20 — Tuesday, April 21 and will certainly be different than previous commemorations. Due to the importance of adhering to social distancing guidelines, Yom HaShoah will be observed remotely.
To this end, the Claims Conference, in conjunction with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Katahdin Productions and the Azrieli Foundation, will for the first time present a program of Holocaust films and accompanying panel discussions on the Claims Conference website.
We are featuring the following two movies for a virtual program: Who Will Write Our History and 116 Cameras, followed by online discussions featuring survivors and experts.
The online film screenings can be found on the Claims Conference website.
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Aviva Blumberg Roberta Grossman Nancy Spielberg Gretchen Skidmore
Eva Schloss Sara J. Bloomfield Naomi Azrieli Michael Berenbaum
Monday, April 20 at 2pm EDT
Who Will Write Our History is an extraordinary account of the clandestine effort – undertaken by journalists, scholars, community leaders and others – code-named Oneg Shabbat and led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum, to provide first-person accounts of Nazi atrocities and document the reality of daily life in the Warsaw Ghetto. This film is particularly relevant as Yom HaShoah marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.
The film is followed by a discussion, which includes the following participants: Roberta Grossman, Writer, Director and Producer of Who Will Write Our History; Nancy Spielberg, Executive Producer of the film; Gretchen Skidmore, Director of Education Initiatives at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; and Aviva Blumberg, a Holocaust survivor from the Warsaw Ghetto.
Monday, April 20 at 8pm EDT
116 Cameras, a documentary created and directed by Davina Pardo, highlights the USC Shoah Foundation’s hologram technology. The film describes the foundation’s amazing cinematic innovations in the course of following Eva Schloss, a Holocaust survivor, as she participates in an ambitious project to preserve her Holocaust account.
The film is followed by a discussion, which includes the following participants:
Eva Schloss, a Holocaust survivor, author and the focus of the film; Sara J. Bloomfield, Director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; Naomi Azrieli, Chair and CEO of the Azrieli Foundation; and Michael Berenbaum, writer, lecturer, professor, and consultant for the conceptual development of museums and historical films.
We want to thank several organizations that are promoting this program with us: The American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, the Galicia Jewish Museum, Hillel International and the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.
We encourage you to watch these compelling films and related discussions on erev Yom HaShoah – this Monday, April 20 – from the comfort of your home.
Stay safe and be well.
Shabbat shalom,
Greg Schneider
