Jack and Jon with their father Boris Green as shown in the documentary “Revenge: Our Dad the Nazi Killer.” It will be shown at the Schenectady Center on April 27.
SCHENECTADY– The Schenectady Jewish Community Center (SJCC) will screen the 2023 “Revenge: Our Dad the Nazi Killer” followed by a discussion led by Prof. Stephen Berk, the Union College Henry and Sally Schaffer Professor of Holocaust and Jewish Studies as a part of the Center’s Jewish Film Festival on Sunday, April 27, at 7 p.m. The 101-minute film, directed by Danny Ben-Moshe will be shown at the Center, 2565 Balltown Rd.
The documentary relates how three Jewish brothers in Melbourne stumble on a family secret: their father, a Holocaust survivor and WWII partisan, allegedly went to Sydney in the 1950s to undertake a revenge killing against a Nazi. As they delve into the past, they unexpectedly unearth a web of Nazi networks Down Under, covert Jewish vigilante groups, and multiple cases of Nazis who mysteriously died or disappeared in post-WWII Australia. All of this occurs in the context of Cold War intrigue, with anti-Semitism at the highest level of government.
Tickets are $7 for J.C.C. members and $13 for guests.
Information about the showing and registration may be obtained at www.schenectadyjcc.org.
Information may also be obtained by calling 518-377-8803.
