Invitation: Virtual Screening of JDC Archives Rare Archival Film Footage from Eastern Europe, Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 2pm-3:30pm (EST)

 

The Archives of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is delighted to invite you to the screening of rare archival film footage from Eastern Europe, which are part of the JDC Archives Historic Film, Video and Audio Collection.

The  screening will include materials that document JDC’s efforts in aiding  vulnerable populations in Eastern Europe through rescue, relief, and  communal rebuilding throughout the 20th century:

1. Fighting for Health (excerpts), 1938. Poland. (11:54)

The  film illustrates JDC-supported TOZ programs in pre-WWII Poland. The  film includes scenes of a visiting childcare services worker in the home  of an impoverished Jewish family, street scenes in Warsaw, a TOZ  childcare center and other health programs. Yiddish narration with  English subtitles.

2. Report on the Living (excerpts), 1946-1947. U.S.A. (13:32)

A  film report, introduced by JDC Chairman Edward Warburg, about the harsh  conditions facing Europe’s 1.5 million surviving Jews and the  much-needed services provided by JDC and its partners. The film includes  refugees fleeing Poland after the Kielce Pogrom, life in the displaced  persons camps of Germany, Austria and Italy, and footage from Poland,  Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.

3. Convoy from Sarajevo, 1993, U.S.A.  (8:52)

This  documentary video footage features the story of a life-saving JDC  rescue convoy during the siege of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina),  when 350 Jews, Christians, and Moslems were evacuated to safe haven on  November 14–15, 1992.

4. For the Sake of the Future, 1996, U.S.A.  (6:54)

This  video looks at Jewish renewal in the post-Communist era in Hungary  through the establishment of the Ronald Lauder/JDC Summer Camp at  Szarvas, which serves Jewish children from Central and Eastern Europe,  who may have no other exposure to Jewish culture. Scenes show campers  spending time with other Jews and learning about their heritage.

5. JDC in Poland, 2000, U.S.A.  (10:44)

A  look at JDC’s work in Poland two decades after its return to Poland.  Programs serving children, teens, Holocaust survivors, and the elderly,  and a new generation of potential community leaders are portrayed and  the future of the community.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Linda Levi, Director of JDC’s Global Archives

Purchase tickets for $10.00 by RSVPing here: https://payments.jdc.org/give/319109/#!/donation/checkout