Hebrew Language Table, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division in cooperation with the Embassy of the Czech Republic present the film:
Nicholas Winton-The Power of Good Tuesday, January 29, 2008, 12 noon Mary Pickford Theater James Madison Building, Library of Congress As part of the Holocaust Educational Outreach initiative conducted annually by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington, DC, the Library of Congress will screen the documentary "Nicholas Winton - The Power of Good" which tells the story of a young British stockbroker who saved the lives of 669 Czechoslovak children during the 9-months that preceded the outbreak of World War II. Winton scholar Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff and Mrs. Alice Masters, who was saved by Winton as a child, will conduct a post-screening discussion and Q&A with the audience. The film received an International Emmy Award (2002). SCREENING IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ADA accommodations 5 days in advance [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information call Gail Shirazi (202) 707-9897 PRESS RELEASE: "NICHOLAS WINTON: THE POWER OF GOOD" TO BE SCREENED AT THE LIBRARY ON JAN. 29 , 2008 at 12 Noon Film Features One Man's Effort to Save 669 Children from Holocaust On March 1, 1939, the day before Adolf Hitler's troops invaded Czechoslovakia, Nicholas Winton began a successful effort to relocate Jewish children to his native Great Britain. By the time World War II broke out on Sept. 1, 1939, the rescue effort had transported 669 children out of Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. The story of how one man made a difference in the lives of more than 600 children and their descendants is the subject of "Nicholas Winton: The Power of Good," an Emmy Award-winning film by Matej Minac. The film about the man known as "The British Schindler" will be shown at noon on Tuesday, Jan. 29, in the Pickford Theater, located on the third floor of the Library's James Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored jointly by the Library's Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, the Hebrew Language Table and the Czech Embassy (as part of its annual Holocaust Educational Outreach). Winton Scholar Miriam Klein Kassenoff and Alice Masters, who was saved by Winton as a child, will conduct a post-screening discussion. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
