My Italian secret: the forgotten heroes - National center for Jewish film's jewishfilm.2015

May 04, 2015 1180

May 5, 2015. Tuesday 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
BJFF - West Newton Cinema - 1296 Washington Street
West Newton, Massachusetts 02465

An estimated 80 percent of Italy's Jews survived WWII thanks, in part, to Italian citizens who risked their lives defying the Nazis to save their Jewish neighbors. Among the figures spotlighted by Oscar-nominated documentarian Oren Jacoby (Constantine's Sword) is Tour de France cycling champion Gino Bartali, who hid a Jewish family in his home and smuggled fake identity documents in his bicycle frame on behalf of monasteries sheltering Jews.

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Source: http://boston.eventful.com/

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