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Big Sonia: Documentary Film Screening about Holocaust survivor Sonia Warshawski

Thursday, November 8, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Free

2018 marks the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the “Night of Broken Glass”. The name refers to the wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms which took place on November 9 and 10, 1938 throughout Germany, annexed Austria, and in areas of Czechoslovakia recently occupied by German troops.

On the eve of the 80th anniversary of this violent tragedy, an essential turning point in Nazi Germany’s persecution of Jews, Beth Israel will host a screening of BIG SONIA. Sonia’s story demonstrates that sharing our trauma can lead to support from unexpected places and reminds us that we must combat xenophobia and intolerance.

About The Documentary: For years, Sonia Warshawski (91) has been an inspirational public speaker at schools and prisons, where her stories of surviving the Holocaust as a teenager have inspired countless people who once felt their own traumas would leave them broken forever. When Sonia is served an eviction notice for her iconic tailor shop (in a dead mall), she’s confronted with an agonizing decision: either open up a new shop or retire. Ironically, Sonia’s shop is the last open business in an otherwise desolate Kansas City mall, but it contains enough color and liveliness to make up for the entire empty complex. For a woman who admits she stays busy “to keep the dark parts away,” facing retirement dredges up fears she’d long forgot she had, and her horrific past resurfaces. BIG SONIA explores what it means to be a survivor and how intergenerational trauma affects families and generations. Will you let your trauma define you? Or will your past make you stronger?

Click HERE to view trailer.

Details

Date:
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Category:

Organizer

Adult Education

Venue

Beth Israel
9001 Towne Centre Drive
San Diego, CA 92122 United States
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Phone:
858 535 1111
Website:
www.cbisd.org