"Stalin and the Black Book of Soviet Jewry" and "The Road to Babi Yar"
Organized by the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow 乐鱼 体育 with support from the Embassy of Israel in the United States and Rabin Chair Forum at George Washington University
*Note: Each screening takes place at a different location and requires separate registration. All screenings are free and open to the public. More information and registration information coming soon.
鈥The Road to Babi Yar鈥: Film Screening and Discussion
January 28, 7:00PM
Location:
8900 Little River Turnpike
Fairfax, VA 22031
With the invasion by the German Wehrmacht into the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, a new stage of the Holocaust began鈥攎ass execution by bullets. Documentary film 鈥淭he Road to Babi Yar鈥 (Israel, 2018) presents events of the first 100 days of the occupation of Soviet Ukraine, as well as the evolution of the mass murder system at hundreds of killing sites symbolized by Babi Yar. Conversations with historians such as Timothy Snyder, eyewitnesses, and Jewish survivors help recreate a comprehensive picture of the fate of the 1.5 million Jews of Ukraine who died in the Shoah.
Speakers:
Boris Maftsir, Israeli documentary filmmaker
Izabella Tabarovsky, Senior Associate, Kennan Institute
Dessert reception sponsored by Embassy of Israel to follow the screening.
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Stalin and the Black Book of Soviet Jewry
January 29, 3:00-5:30 PM
Location: Kennan Institute, Woodrow 乐鱼 体育, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC
In 1944, Soviet writers Ilya Ehrenburg and Vasily Grossman together with the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee prepared a 500-page book of testimonials about the mass murder and resistance of the Soviet Jews during the Holocaust. Shortly before publication, Stalin reversed his decision to publish the book, members of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee were executed, and silence descended upon the memory of the Holocaust. The Black Book would not be published in Russia until 2014. In this event, we will screen excerpts from Israeli filmmaker Boris Maftsir鈥檚 upcoming documentary exploring the fate of the Black Book and consider Stalin鈥檚 views and policies vis-脿-vis Soviet Jewry.
Speakers:
Boris Maftsir, Israeli documentary filmmaker
Zvi Gitelman, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan
Joshua Rubenstein, Associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
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鈥The Road to Babi Yar鈥: Film Screening and Discussion
January 30, 3:30-6:00 PM
Location: George Washington University, Lindner Family Commons (Room 602), 1957 E St., NW, Washington, DC
With the invasion by the German Wehrmacht into the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, a new stage of the Holocaust began鈥攎ass execution by bullets. Documentary film 鈥淭he Road to Babi Yar鈥 (Israel, 2018) presents events of the first 100 days of the occupation of Soviet Ukraine, as well as the evolution of the mass murder system at hundreds of killing sites symbolized by Babi Yar. Conversations with historians such as Timothy Snyder, eyewitnesses, and Jewish survivors help recreate a comprehensive picture of the fate of the 1.5 million Jews of Ukraine who died in the Shoah.
This film will be subtitled in English.
Speakers:
Boris Maftsir, Israeli documentary filmmaker
, Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International Affairs, Ethics and Human Behavior; Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University
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