This documentary film is based on an international best-selling book. 999 Slovak girls ordered to register for government service are secretly deported on the first Jewish transport to Auschwitz. This chronicles the untold story of these mostly teenage girls betrayed by their government. Told that by volunteering for “work,” they would fulfill their patriotic duty, these innocent young women willingly bid their families farewell. Under the cloak of deceit, they were transported on a one-way ticket to Auschwitz. The few who survived endured more than three years in the death camp. Meet the last living survivors of the First Jewish Transport and learn their story. (Beatriz M.Calleja & Heather Dune Macadam, 2025, 1:30, USA, NR)

We will be joined by the director and author Heather Dune Macadam at a reception before the screenings and at a talk-back after each screening. Books will be available for purchase through Boulder Boulder Bookstore.

Sponsored by Lauren and Rafi Yagudin (Louisville, CO); Vera and Emil Yagudin, Talia and Scott Goldsmith, and Natty and Carl Hoffman (all from Boston, MA); and Dan Yagudin (Tel Aviv), in loving memory of their mother and grandmother, Lily Shazar - an Auschwitz survivor who was deported on the third transport and whose strength continues to inspire her family.

Supported by Ilona Irene Rosenschein Holocaust Education Fund at the Boulder JCC.

TWO SCREENINGS SCHEDULED:

Monday, February 2 | 3:30 - 5 pm  

Monday, February 2 | 6:30 - 8 pm

$14, $11 Senior and Student

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