RHODES SHOAH FILM AT University of Washington – NOV 10, 2014

The Sephardic Studies Program will be sponsoring a film screening of «Kisses to the Children.»

This movie will be a unique opportunity for many people to learn about a little known aspect of the Holocaust in Greece in which Jewish children were hidden by Christian families.

LOCATION: Majestic Bay Theatre – 2044 NW Market St, Seattle, WA 98107

Monday, November 10th, 2014 at 7 pm. Tickets are free and going fast so we encourage people to reserve their seats soon! Here

Kisses to the Children Film Screening with Director, Vassilis Loules

Five Greek-Jewish children, who were saved by Christian families during the German Occupation, five “hidden children” who lived in total silence, tell their stories.

The film follows Rosina, Iossif, Eftyhia, Shelly, and Marios from childhood to present day, revealing their hidden stories and invaluable personal documents – a diary of a child, photographs and home movies, grew old, carrying the memory of thousands of children, those who were never given the time to grow up.

Offering a glimpse into the past, Kisses to the Children depicts the life of Greek Jewish communities before the War, complemented with rare images of Occupied Greece from archival material, as well as amateur films by German soldiers and illegal footage shot by Greek patriots.

Kisses to the Children was filmed in Athens, Thessaloniki, Ioannina, and Chania, Greece and in Auschwitz, Poland.

(115 mins. Greek w/English subtitles. )

Special thanks to Kenny Alhadeff and the Majestic Bay Theatres for generously hosting the screening!

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For more information about this important film please visit here

This article originally appeared on jewishstudies.washington.edu, the website of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Washington. Reprinted here with permission