May 5, 2015. Tuesday 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
BJFF - West Newton Cinema - 1296 Washington Street
West Newton, Massachusetts 02465
An estimated 80 percent of Italy's Jews survived WWII thanks, in part, to Italian citizens who risked their lives defying the Nazis to save their Jewish neighbors. Among the figures spotlighted by Oscar-nominated documentarian Oren Jacoby (Constantine's Sword) is Tour de France cycling champion Gino Bartali, who hid a Jewish family in his home and smuggled fake identity documents in his bicycle frame on behalf of monasteries sheltering Jews.
Source: http://boston.eventful.com/
