In the organizer's words:
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe, the New Synagogue Berlin-Centrum Judaicum Foundation is presenting a special film series together with Urania Berlin e.V. and the Jewish Film Festival Berlin|Brandenburg. Between March and May 2025, films about Jewish experiences after the Shoah will be shown, accompanied by panel discussions with experts from the fields of film, history and culture, moderated by Knut Elstermann. While so-called "rubble films" focused on the suffering of the civilian population, Jewish perspectives in the immediate aftermath of the war often went unmentioned or were only hinted at.
Some stories are still missing today. It is important to us to counteract this.
The Call (1949):
A Jewish professor returns to his home country after the war. There he encounters mistrust and rejection, as his colleagues and the public have not abandoned their National Socialist views. The film questions how Germans deal with their past and the deep-rooted remnants of Nazi ideology.
Knut Elstermann in conversation with Shelly Kupferberg and Jonathan Guggenberger
Knut Elstermann, film journalist and presenter.
Publications and features for television and radio, including on DEFA history
and on Israeli and Russian cinema.
Shelly Kupferberg, born in Tel Aviv, grew up in West Berlin.
Journalist and presenter in the fields of culture, literature, film and society.
Her literary debut "Isidor" was published in 2022.
Jonathan Guggenberger, cultural journalist and author.
Publications on topics including Jewish film exile and the role of
remigrants in BRD cinema. His debut novel "Opferkunst" was published in 2024.
Free admission!
Registration: info@centrumjudaicum.de
Location: Foundation New Synagogue Berlin-Centrum Judaicum,
Oranienburger Straße 28-30, 10117 Berlin
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