The Children’s Odyssey

Monday, September 14, 2009
6:30pm
Holocaust Center of Northern California
121 Steuart Street, San Francisco

HCNC will screen the compelling documentary The Children’s Odyssey, which tells the relatively unknown story of a group of Polish Jewish children who are now known as the “Tehran Children.” The children, who were mostly orphans, began their escape on September 1, 1939 when Nazi Germany occupied Poland. The children found temporary refuge in orphanages and shelters in the Soviet Union, and were later evacuated with several hundred adults to Tehran, Iran, before finally reaching Palestine in 1943.

Following the screening, the Q&A will be lead by Joe Rosenbaum, one of the “Tehran Children” featured in this documentary.

This event is free.
RSVP required
(415) 777-9060 x207 or rsvp@hcnc.org