The Day We Left Hitler Behind:
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The Day We Left Hitler Behind:
The Anne Frank Center USA is proud to present The Day We Left Hitler Behind: Image © copyright Warner Bros. The Story and Legacy of the Kindertransport Talk and Film Screening, part of AFC’s Human Rights film series The event will take place at The Anne Frank Center USA $8adults $5 students & seniors (65 and over) All commemorative events in 2015 are free for Holocaust survivors Space limited. Reservations recommended. (212) 431-7993 or email info@annefrank.com To RSVP and purchase tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/1447065 About The Anne Frank Center USA The Anne Frank Center USA, a partner of the Anne Frank House, uses the diary and spirit of Anne Frank as unique tools to advance her legacy, to educate young people and communities in North America about the dangers of intolerance, antisemitism, racism and discrimination, and to inspire the next generation to build a world based on equal rights and mutual respect. Part of the Helpers, Heroes, and Liberators season commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe Tuesday, May 19, 2015 6:30-8:30 pm Join us for a special screening of the 2000 Academy Award-winning documentary Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport. This important film tells the remarkable story of how over 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia were rescued from almost certain death by being transported to England. Housed in foster homes and hostels, these children, or kinder, hoped to see their parents again after the war, although, sadly, the majority would not. Narrated by Judi Dench, and made in cooperation with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the film uses rare footage, photographs, and, most importantly, the words of the child survivors, rescuers, parents, and foster parents in order to tell this most moving and courageous of stories. The film will be introduced by Tom Wysmuller, AFC Advisory Board Member and the grand-nephew of Geertruida Wijsmuller-meijer, Dutch war hero and resistance fighter. Geertrudia, or “Auntie Truus,” as she was known, was instrumental in saving more than 10,000 Jewish children in the Kindertransport rescue mission. The Anne Frank Center USA’s Human Rights film series explores the impact of intolerance and discrimination on a wide range of groups in contemporary film. www.annefrank.com 44 Park Place New York, NY 10007 212.431.7993 Info@AnneFrank.com www.AnneFrank.com For more information about our Helpers, Heroes, and Liberators season, please visit: www.annefrank.com/helpers-heroes-and-liberators