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January 2020
I Saw It in the Movies Series – Eva A – 7063 (Free Showing)
In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and in honor and memory of Eva Kor, a “Mengele Twin” who passed away last summer, HERC will present a documentary about this amazing survivor who suffered at the hands of the “Doctor of Death” during his infamous twin studies. The film covers her time in Auschwitz, her efforts to launch a manhunt to find Mengele, and her mission to promote forgiveness of those who harm us. Her hidden…
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I Saw It in the Movies Series – Hitler – Beast of Berlin (Free Showing)
This 1939 film depicts an underground resistance movement in Germany founded by former German military and disaffected members of the Nazi party.These subversives, both male and female, Christian and Jew, represent actual anti-Hitler cells operating in Germany during the 1930’s. This was the first American film to simulate a German concentration camp and the associated brutality and human degradation. Click Here to Download Printable PDF
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I Saw It in the Movies Series – Denial (Free Showing)
The HERC Film Series is combining with the TCC/ HERC Holocaust Education Week and showing the 2016 film DENIAL on March 30 at the Ghazvini Center. DENIAL is the story of the legal battle of Deborah Lipstadt, a renown American Holocaust historian, after she is sued for libel by the British Holocaust denier David Irving. In the English system the burden of proof is on the accused, so Lipstadt must prove that the Holocaust occurred. A compelling battle between the…
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I Saw It in the Movies Series – Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and The Holocaust (Free Showing)
This 2004 documentary examines Hollywood’s attitude and portrayal of the Holocaust both during and after WWII. From the 1930’s, when Germany and Hollywood had a censorship arrangement, to the 1993 SCHINDLER’S LIST, this documentary explores the growing awareness and moral responsibility of movie producers to portray the realities of the Holocaust and of antisemitism in postwar America. Click Here to Download Printable PDF
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