Tribute to Raoul Wallenberg - November 4th, 2012
Don't miss this important event: Time to commemorate the 100th birthday of Raoul Wallenberg!
The Free Thinking Film Society in association with B'nai Brith Canada is proud to present this important tribute to Raoul Wallenberg.
Raoul Wallenberg Tribute
November 4, 2012, 7:00 PM
Library & Archives Canada, Main Auditorium
395 Wellington, Ottawa
Admission: $20 or with Festival Pass.
Film: Angel of Budapest.
Speaker: David Matas of the B'nai Brith will update us on the latest research on Raoul Wallenberg.
Music: Floralove Katz will sing some songs from the Holocaust.
Everybody is invited to a private reception after the film, speaker, Q&A and music.
This is the extraordinary story of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews during WW II, presented through the personal experiences of four Canadians: Susan Vadnay of Montreal, Dr. Erwin Koranyi of Ottawa, and Maria Gomori of Winnipeg, all of whom survived Budapest’s Jewish ghetto, and David Matas, a Winnipeg-based human rights lawyer.
For more information, please visit our website.
posted by GayandRight @ 9:37 AM
1 Comments:
On the Buda side of the Danube, not far from the Hotel Gellert, there's a plaque marking - I believe, the residence of Mr Wallenberg.
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