— A week-long series of programming, “Days of Remembrance of the Holocaust, ” has been scheduled by WNET/Thirteen from April 23-28, it was announced here today.
The series of films will begin with the airing of “Seven Beauties, ” Lina Wertmuller’s depiction about one man’s struggle against adversity and for honor and survival in a World War II POW camp, April 23 at 8:30 pm (local time) and will be rebroadcast April 24 at 11:40 pm.
“The Sorrow and the Pity,” Marcel Ophul’s documentary about anti-Semitism and the Nazi occupation of France during the Vichy regime in World War II will be shown April 25 at 9 pm.
“Man Alive: Hero Missing,” which examines the 35-year-old mystery of the disappearance of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, will be aired April 27 at 9 pm. On March 26, Rep. Tom Lantos (D.Calif.) and 260 co-sponsors introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that would bestow honorary American citizenship on Wallenberg for his unprecedented acts of courage in saving some 100,000 Jews in Hungary from Nazi death camps.
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Following “Man Alive” there will be an encore presentation at 10 pm of “In Dark Places: Remembering the Holocaust” which examines Holocaust survivors and their children and how they have tried to come to terms with that tragedy. It also includes a portion of a performance of “Survivor,” written and acted by the New Artef Players, as well as a discussion by author Susan Sontag. The film was produced and directed by Gina Blumenfeld, whose parents were the only Holocaust survivors of their entire families.
“Tomorrow Came Much Later” will be aired April 28 at 11:40 pm. Narrated by TV and motion pictures actor Ed Asner, it chronicles the experiences of 19 students from Cleveland Heights High School as they traveled through five countries in Eastern Europe and to Israel as the final part of a semester of study on the Holocaust. The film examines their reactions while visiting the sites of the former concentration camps and relates their experiences while traveling. The film was produced and written by Dr. Alan Stephenson.
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