Holocaust Remembrance Day Film

International Holocaust Remembrance Day Special Program

Film Screening: Scandal In Ivansk

Most of Jews in the Polish town of Ivansk were killed by the Nazis, and the headstones in the Jewish cemetery were plundered for construction purposes. The film chronicles a group of descendants of Ivansk Jews who restore the town’s cemetery, retrieving what headstones they can. When they commission a plaque that includes the word “collaborator,” a national scandal is unleashed. This eye-opening documentary strives to understand why much of the nation won’t accept “collaborator” to describe Polish people who aided the Nazis and benefited from the genocide of Jews.

Sponsored by Bincha’s Fund of OJMCHE in memory of Bincha Nozyczka and in partnership with Never Again Coalition.