On Yom HaShoah (Thursday, April 24), we will be offering a special program at Beit Knesset Hanassi. We will present the extremely powerful film AMEN.
This award-winning, highly acclaimed movie is the dramatization of an impossible-to-believe story. It is a film about the Nazi officer who tried to stop the Holocaust.
SS-Obersturmführer Kurt Gerstein was the head of Nazi disinfection services. He discovered that the chemicals that he provided for rodent extermination were being used to mass-murder Jews. He learned that the Zyklon B he was in charge of distributing was being sent to Auschwitz and other camps for the purpose of killing Jews. Over and over again, he risked his life attempting to get nations, international organizations and the Pope to halt the slaughter.
This superb film is deeply moving, all the more so because it is based on a true story.
The movie is in English and is a little over two hours in length. The program will begin at 2:00 pm.
The gathering will commence with the saying of קל מלא רחמים and the lighting of six commemorative candles.
There will be a lecture about the film after the screening. The talk will include more information about the actual history and the fate of SS-Obersturmführer Kurt Gerstein. There will also be an essay about the film, the complete story and Gerstein distributed to attendees.
THERE IS NO ADMISSION CHARGE FOR THIS PROGRAM.
Beit Knesset Hanassi is located at 24 Ussishkin Street, Rechavia, Jerusalem.
