2011
July 2011
Sunday 31 July 2011
Sun 31 Jul. 9786 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90035. Lorraine Sais, 310-772-2452, lsais@wiesenthal.net. Free. Museum of Tolerance - [events]
4:00pm VIP Tour of Exhibition Explore BESA: Albanian Muslims Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust. Through subtle portraiture and personal stories by rescuers renowned photographer Norman Gershman communicates the honor, faith and altruism of Albanian Muslims who saved Jews during the Nazi Holocaust
5:00pm Screening of I WANT TO REMEMBER, HE WANTS TO FORGET
Fifty years ago in Skopje, Macedonia, Solomon Adizes and his son Isaac were sent by the Italians and Bulgarians to a concentration camp. Disguised as Muslims, they managed to escape to Albania, where they found sanctuary with Muslim villagers. Solomon pretended to be a doctor and earned a reputation throughout the entire region. After the war, they returned to Yugoslavia and from there immigrated to Israel. Fifty years later Professor Isaac Adizes and his father Solomon return to the concentration camp in the heart of Skopje, and from there back to Albania to meet the family that saved them from the Nazis…
Ichak (Isaac) Adizes, Ph.D and his son filmmaker Topaz Adizes join Liebe Geft, Director of the Museum of Tolerance for a discussion with the audience following the screening.
NO CHARGE but pre-registration is required.