The Paper Brigade

Saving Yiddish Culture in Vilnius

SCREENING

23 January 2020, 8pm

Shmerke Katsherginski at Jewish Museum of Vilna, about 1945, screenshot

In 1941 the Nazis arrived in the Lithuanian capital. They set about murdering Jewish people and destroying the rich cultural heritage of the city: its many Jewish libraries. A handful of Jewish intellectuals in the Vilnius ghetto bravely resisted by trying to save this heritage. They were called the Paper Brigade. Among them: Avrom Sutzkever.

On the basis of unseen archival material, interviews with protagonist and their descendents as well as historians, this documentary shines a light on an important chapter of spiritual resistance.

Director: Diane Perelsztejn, Belgium, France 2018, 60 min.

Language of the film: DE

Admission free — donations welcome!