The Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga will commemorate International Holocaust Day on Sunday, Jan. 27, by screening "Who Will Write Our History," a documentary about the Warsaw Ghetto.
The film will screen at 3 p.m. at the Jewish Cultural Center, 5461 North Terrace Road, and be followed by a Facebook-streamed panel discussion. Admission is $8 per person, which includes popcorn and a drink.
A special showing for middle and high school students will take place at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 28. The film is suitable for audiences of middle-school children through adults.
While at the Jewish Cultural Center, guests are encouraged to view the current exhibit, "Hate Speech/Contemporary Cartoons," at no cost.
"Who Will Write Our History" is set 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.
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 that will transport viewers inside the Ghetto and the lives of these courageous resistance fighters.
They defied their enemy with the ultimate weapon – the truth – and risked everything so that their archive would survive the war, even if they did not.
For more information, contact the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga at 423-493-0270 or check the website at www.jewishchattanooga.com.