Jan 30 2020
The Holocaust in Film, Film #4: Who Will Write Our History

The Holocaust in Film, Film #4: Who Will Write Our History

Presented by Birmingham Holocaust Education Center at Emmet O'Neal Library (Mountain Brook)

In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decided to fight back. Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group vowed to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda not with guns or fists but with pen and paper. Now, for the first time, their story is told as a feature documentary. Written, produced and directed by Roberta Grossman and executive produced by Nancy Spielberg, Who Will Write Our History mixes the writings of the Oyneg Shabes archive with new interviews, rarely seen footage and stunning dramatizations to transport us inside the Ghetto and the lives of these courageous resistance fighters. They defied their murderous enemy with the ultimate weapon – the truth – and risked everything so that their archive would survive the war, even if they did not.

Admission Info

This event is FREE and open to the public.

Phone: 205-795-1476

Dates & Times

2020/01/30 - 2020/01/30

Location Info

Emmet O'Neal Library (Mountain Brook)

50 Oak Street, Mountain Brook, AL 35213