Community observes 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht
The Interfaith Holocaust Commemoration Committee of Chautauqua County is sponsoring the free showing of the film, "Genocide," at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House on Sunday, Nov. 9, at 7 p.m.
The event commemorates the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht - "The Night of Broken Glass," in which thousands of Jewish synagogues and businesses were destroyed in a matter of a few hours. The incident is considered to be the symbolic start of the Holocaust because it was the first time in which the full force of ethnic hatred against Jews was unabashedy expressed. (Read more on Kristallnacht).
"Genocide" (read the New York Times review) is a 1981 documentary about the Holocaust. It tells the heart-wrenching, yet often heroic story of the millions of men, women and children who fell victims to Hitler's Final Solution.
Narrated by Elizabeth Taylor and Orson Welles, this landmark film received the 1981 Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary, the first Holocaust film to be given this honor.
The 1891 Fredonia Opera House website
