Yom HaShoah Programs at The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County - Featuring TSE Member Lola Kline
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The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County
In remembrance of Yom HaShoah, the Jewish Heritage Museum of Mounmouth County, located at 310 Mounts Corner Dr, Freehold NJ, will hold a two part program. On April 15 at 2:00pm the movie "Defiance" will be shown with a QA following & on April 22 at 2:00pm a panel of hidden children will discuss their survival during the war.
Film: Defiance followed by a Q and A with Lola Kline, niece of Bielski Polish Partisan portrayed in the film
Based on a true story, the film centers around the town of Nowogrodek, Belarus, where the Bielski family, who were farmers, reside. On June 22, 1941, the town becomes a Jewish ghetto following the Nazi’s invasion of the Soviet Union. Though many family members lose their lives in the ghetto in December 1941, the three Bielski brothers, Tuvia (Daniel Craig), Alexander Zisel "Zus" (Liev Schreiber), and Asael (Jamie Bell), manage to flee to the nearby forest. It is there that Tuvia sets up camp and vows to help any Jews who manage to escape from the ghetto. Enduring several years of fighting, harsh weather, camp in-fighting, and sickness, Tuvia and his brothers continue in solidarity in an attempt to overcome inhumanity and certain death.
Sunday - April 22nd - 2 PM
The Hidden Child A discussion with a panel of hidden children: Lola Kline, Al Hepner, Paulette Wegh, Fanny Shapiro, and Bella Unger
In recognition of Yom HaShoah, the Museum will host a panel of formerly hidden children who are the youngest survivors of the Holocaust. Children survived in many ways: some hid in orphanages and convents, while others hid in forests or on farms. Still others hid with righteous Gentiles in their homes, and others hid in plain sight by passing as Gentiles among the native population.
Panelists will share their personal experiences during and after the war - how they were hidden and then found by family or Jewish agencies which reunited them with their families, and how their resilience and traumatic experiences affected their lives.
