The Eldred World War II Museum will be taking part in the
global screening of Who Will Write Our History to commemorate Holocaust
Remembrance Day on Sunday, January 27th. The film will be shown at the Olean
JCC Cutco Theatre at 2pm. Admission is free, but donations are accepted and
appreciated.
We live in a time when Holocaust awareness is fading, making
it imperative that we bring this film to our community. A recent survey by the
Claims Conference found that 66% of U.S. millennials and 41% of adults cannot
identify what Auschwitz was, while 22% of millennials and 11% of adults
"said they had not heard of, or were unsure if they had heard of the
Holocaust."
This film will open viewers' eyes to Jewish resisters as
they fought to preserve their memory. Their written testimonies are our
responsibility now as we forge forward to combat ignorance of the Holocaust and
prevent anti-semitism.
This film is underwritten in part by Temple B’Nai Israel
Congregation, Olean NY.
Logline
Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code
name Oyneg Shabes, a clandestine group of journalists, scholars, and community
leaders in the Warsaw Ghetto 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 in the documentary featuring the voices of three- time Academy Award®
nominee Joan Allen and Academy Award® winner Adrien Brody.
Short Synopsis
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.
About the Global
Event:
The Eldred WWII Museum will be taking part in the global
screening of the film on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Across the world, on one
single day, 1.27.19, movie theaters, churches, mosques, synagogues,
universities, museums and community centers will screen WHO WILL WRITE OUR
HISTORY.
This film is underwritten in part by Temple B’Nai Israel
Congregation, Olean NY. Admission is free, but donations are accepted and
appreciated. See the film on Sunday,
January 27th, 2019 at 2 p.m. at the JCC Cutco Theatre 305 North Barry Street
Olean, NY 14760. For additional information, contact the museum at info@eldredpaww2museum.com
or call 814-225-2220.
