Brooklyn has its own roots that grew partially out of Italian and Jewish culture, but not many know about the history of Italians protecting Jewish people during the Holocaust. Three local bar associations got a history lesson in this from film producer Vincent Marmorale during a showing of his documentary "My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes" at St. Francis College on Nov. 29.

The Brooklyn Brandeis Society, the Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn and the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Kings County held the joint event to watch the documentary and to participate in a question and answer session with Marmorale afterward.