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The Unknown Soldier
Directed by Michael Verhoeven
Tuesday, January 15 at 7:30 pm
Jewish Community Center East Bay
1414 Walnut Street
Berkeley CA 94103
Co-presented by the JCCEB and the Berlin and Beyond Film Festival, January 10-16, 2008.
The Wehrmacht-Exhibition, which was shown in eleven major cities in Germany between 1999 and 2004 and was visited by more than 500,000, challenged ordinary Germans to rethink what their fathers and grandfathers did during the war. Whereas most had been led to believe that the cold-blooded murder of civilians had been a crime of a minority of SS officers, for the first time Germans saw photos and footage of ordinary soldiers gleefully tormenting and executing civilians on the Eastern front. The nation was shaken, and large protests were organized by those who believed the evidence was manufactured.
In The Unknown Soldier, director Michael Verhoeven interviews historians and experts, including those who allege or deny the crimes, and filmed in the killing fields of Ukraine and White Russia.
$6 members, $8 general
For tickets and more information call JCCEB at 510.848.0237 or visit their website at http://www.jcceastbay.org/jcc/arts_culture_film.htm.
Tickets are available for purchase through Brown Paper Tickets at
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/24337.
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