Film screening and discussion
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe, the
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Neue Synagoge, Centrum Judaicum
New Synagogue, in cooperation with Urania Berlin e.V. and the Jewish Film Festival Berlin|Brandenburg, is presenting a film series on six evenings between March and May that sheds light on the realities of life for Jews after the end of the Shoah and the war.
While the so-called "rubble films" focused on the suffering of the German civilian population and their efforts to rebuild, only a few German films from the immediate post-war period devoted themselves to the stories of Jewish survivors.
This film series aims to show the fate of those who returned from exile, the underground or the camps after the horrors of the Holocaust. After each screening, there will be a panel discussion moderated by Knut Elstermann in conversation with renowned experts from the fields of film, history and culture.
A Jewish professor returns to his homeland after the war. There he encounters mistrust and rejection because his colleagues and the public have not abandoned National Socialist views. The film questions the way Germans deal with their past and the deep-rooted remnants of Nazi ideology.
Knut Elstermann in conversation with
Shelly Kupferberg, born in Tel Aviv, grew up in West Berlin. Journalist and presenter in the fields of culture, literature, film and society. Her literary debut "Isidor" was published in 2022.
Jonathan Guggenberger, cultural journalist and author. Publications on Jewish film exile and the role of remigrants in West German cinema, among others. His debut novel "Opferkunst" was published in 2024.
(IN GERMAN)
While the so-called "rubble films" focused on the suffering of the German civilian population and their efforts to rebuild, only a few German films from the immediate post-war period devoted themselves to the stories of Jewish survivors.
This film series aims to show the fate of those who returned from exile, the underground or the camps after the horrors of the Holocaust. After each screening, there will be a panel discussion moderated by Knut Elstermann in conversation with renowned experts from the fields of film, history and culture.
The Call (1949)
A Jewish professor returns to his homeland after the war. There he encounters mistrust and rejection because his colleagues and the public have not abandoned National Socialist views. The film questions the way Germans deal with their past and the deep-rooted remnants of Nazi ideology.
Knut Elstermann in conversation with
Shelly Kupferberg, born in Tel Aviv, grew up in West Berlin. Journalist and presenter in the fields of culture, literature, film and society. Her literary debut "Isidor" was published in 2022.
Jonathan Guggenberger, cultural journalist and author. Publications on Jewish film exile and the role of remigrants in West German cinema, among others. His debut novel "Opferkunst" was published in 2024.
(IN GERMAN)
Additional information
Price info: free of charge
Booking: Registration required:
info@centrumjudaicum.de
Booking: Registration required:
info@centrumjudaicum.de
Dates
March 2025
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