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YAP Struma Productions
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Monday, March 11, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 12, 1 p.m.
While searching through the Museum’s archives, filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici found historical film footage and photographs that provided visual documentation for events in his gripping film about the refugee ship Struma carrying 769 Romanian Jews in late 1941 hoping to reach Palestine. The ship was unsafe and overcrowded, and its engine failed. It was pulled into Istanbul harbor where it sat for two months, stymied by the suspicions of the warring and neutral powers. With the passengers haggard from the terrible conditions on board, Turkish police took control of the Struma and towed it back into the Black Sea, where it floated without an engine. Within 24 hours the ship was torpedoed, possibly by a Soviet submarine.
A discussion with the filmmaker, with the sole survivor of the Struma, and a Museum expert follows the screening.
Washington premiere (90 minutes, 2001)
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This film series is made possible by a grant from The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.
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