Evening with Dana Pomerants-Mazurkevich, Holocaust survivor from Lithuania
Event Information
Description
Lithuanian Embassy in Washington D.C. kindly invites you to a meeting with a Holocaust survivor from Lithuania
DANA POMERANTS-MAZURKEVICH
The program will start as a panel discussion with Dana Pomerants-Mazurkevich, accompanied by experts from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, followed by screening of the documentary “Sisters” (2016, Lithuania, 58 min) and a light reception.
Speakers:
The documentary „Sisters“ is a rescue story of a Jewish girl Danutė, born in the Kaunas Ghetto. Kipras Petrauskas, tenor singer and one of the founders of the National Lithuanian Opera and his wife Elena Žalinkevičaite-Petrauskienė, a well-known actress and poet, gave shelter to Dana and treated her with warmth and respect despite the enormous risks.
Authors: Lilija Kopač, Danutė Selčinskaja, ©Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum
The Lithuanian Parliament has designated 2020 as the "Year of the Vilna Gaon and the History of the Jews of Lithuania." This event marks the beginning of these commemorative events.
