Secret Courage – The Walter Suskind Story

Thursday, October 30, 2008
6:30 pm - Film screening
Post-show Q&A with Dutch Holocaust survivor Louis de Groot
Holocaust Center of Northern California
121 Steuart Street, lower level

Walter Suskind was a German Jew who fled from the Nazis to the Netherlands with his wife and daughter. When the Germans invaded Holland, Suskind was forced to serve as the Jewish head of deportation at the Hollandsche Schouwburg (the Jewish Theater), the main deportation site in Holland. During the 1 ½ years that he was in charge of the deportation center Suskind, with the help of the resistance, was able to save almost one thousand infants and children and many more adults.

This compelling documentary includes Suskind’s flight from Germany, his supremely courageous efforts in Amsterdam and the social and cultural impact of the rescue effort on post-war Holland. It is told by resistance workers, children who were saved, people from Amsterdam who knew Suskind or knew of him, and his two remaining relatives.

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

The 2008 Fall Film and Lecture Series is made possible by a grant from City National Bank.