Events and Meetings

Grafman Endowment Board Meeting

The AHEC invites you to join us for the opening screening of our 13th annual Holocaust in Film Series: Rescue, Escape, and Liberation, sponsored by the Perlman Donor Advised Fund. On February 3rd at Sidewalk Film Center & Cinema, we will screen “The World Will Tremble,” a recent release written and directed by Academy Award-nominee Lior Geller. This film shares the powerful true story of Michal Podchlebnik and Solomon Weiner, two prisoners who became the first to escape the Chelmno extermination camp and to courageously bear witness to the horrors the Nazi regime perpetrated. Geller spent years conducting research for this film, collaborating with historians, Yad Vashem, and the families of the men who escaped to craft an authentic and poignant retelling of their remarkable escape. Following the screening, Lior Geller will join us via Zoom for an exclusive Q&A.  Tickets are $10 per person. Buy your tickets today!

The AHEC invites you to join us for the second screening of our 13th annual Holocaust in Film Series: Rescue, Escape and Liberation, sponsored by the Perlman Donor Advised Fund. On March 3rd at Sidewalk Film Center & Cinema, we will screen the award-winning classic film “Life is Beautiful.” This film explores how Jewish parents during the Holocaust struggled to shield their children from Nazi brutality and how all Jewish individuals found ways to mentally and emotionally escape the brutality and deprivations they experienced in concentration camps, labor camps, and ghettos. Following the screening, Michele Forman—a second-generation Survivor, award-winning documentarian, and UAB media studies professor—will lead a discussion about the film to deepen audience understanding of the various ways people escaped or found freedom during the Holocaust.  Tickets are $10 per person. Buy your tickets today!