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International Holocaust Remembrance Day Special Program

  • Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education 724 Northwest Davis Street Portland, OR, 97209 United States (map)

Please join us for a special film screening of Scandal in Ivansk.

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Most of the 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 benefitted from the genocide of Jews.

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Marta Eichelberger, OJMCHE's new Holocaust Educator will lead a brief Q&A after the film. 

Sponsored by Bincha's Fund of OJMCHE in memory of Bincha Nozyczka and in partnership with Never Again Coalition and PSU's Holocaust and Genocide Studies Project.

Ticket Info: $5 OJMCHE and Never Again Coalition Members, $8 General Public, Free for Students with Valid ID

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Later Event: January 29
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