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| VisionTV commemorates Holocaust Education Week |
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on Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 08:27 PM |
Holocaust Education Week, which takes place this year from November 1 to 11, is a time to reaffirm our collective responsibility to oppose the kind of murderous hatred that claimed six million Jewish lives in World War Two.
Canada ' s VisionTV commemorates this solemn occasion with a series of special presentations airing on Tuesday, Nov. 10, starting at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT.
For more information on VisionTV programming, please visit http://www.visiontv.ca/.
To see full programs and exclusive clips, check out VisionTV on Demand at http://video.visiontv.ca/
Holocaust Education Week - VisionTV Special Presentations
** VISIONTV PREMIERE **
Great Souls: Elie Wiesel
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT
Elie Wiesel was 15 years old when he and his family were forced to leave their home in Romania and herded aboard a train bound for the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. His parents and younger sister would perish in the months that followed. Wiesel himself survived and went on to become a successful journalist after the War. But it took more than a decade before he could bring himself to speak or write about his experiences. When at last he found the words, Wiesel produced one of the most important books ever written about the Holocaust: the 1958 memoir Night. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, Wiesel has made it his mission to remind the world of past horrors so that they may never repeat themselves, and to speak out on behalf of victims of violence and injustice all over the world, from South Africa to Darfur. This hour-long documentary, hosted by former Time Magazine correspondent David Aikman, looks at the life and times of Elie Wiesel, and weighs the impact of his efforts " to invoke the past as a shield for the future. "
** ENCORE PRESENTATION **
Charging the Rhino
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 11 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. PT
On a Sunday afternoon in June 1941, Simcha Jacobovici ' s father Joseph and most of his family were among thousands of Jews gunned down by Romanian soldiers, police and fascists. Joseph survived, but lived the rest of his life with a bullet lodged next to his heart - a grim reminder of that day. This Gemini Award-nominated documentary by filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici (The Lost Tomb of Jesus) is about what happened to Joseph, to his family, and to the Jewish people of Romania. More than 400,000 Romanian Jews perished in the Holocaust - yet as Jacobovici discovers when he visits Romania to reclaim his family heritage, not a single monument to the victims can be found today. How can an entire country live in denial?
** ENCORE PRESENTATION **
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories Of The Kindertransport
Tuesday, Nov. 10, Midnight ET / 9 p.m. PT
In the months prior to World War Two, Great Britain conducted an extraordinary rescue mission, opening its doors to more than 10,000 Jewish and other children from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia. These children were taken into foster homes and hostels in Britain, expecting eventually to be reunited with their parents. Most never saw their families again. This Oscar-winning documentary, narrated by Dame Judi Dench chronicles a remarkable rescue operation and its devastating impact on the lives of the children who were saved.
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