One Life - DISCUSSION ONLY

Virtual Discussion led by Jay Levinsohn
May 13, 2024 at 1PM (MST Arizona)

The Arizona Jewish Historical Society is not screening this film, but is only hosting Mr. Levinsohn’s discussion.

Jay Levinsohn, a Jewish educator, will lead an online discussion about the recently released film, “One Life.” Mr Levinsohn has incorporated the “One Life”rescue story into his "Character Development Through Holocaust Studies" class.

“One Life” dramatizes the true story of Sir Nicholas Winton, a London stockbroker, who at 29 helped evacuate Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia in 1938–39. Winton visited Czechoslovakia in 1938 encountering Jewish families who had fled Germany and Austria to escape Nazi persecution. Unfortunately, after the Munich agreement in 1938 their persecutors followed them. Horrified by the conditions in the refugee camps, Winton decides to save Jewish children himself. Actively supported by his mother, a German-Jewish immigrant, Winton overcomes bureaucratic hurdles, collects donations and looks for foster families in England. A race against time begins to evacuate as many children as possible before war breaks out between Germany and Britain.

In 1988, the 79 year-old Winton, in the process of clearing out old files, finds his original papers documenting his efforts to save Jewish children in 1938 and 1939. Even after 50 years, Winton blames himself for not being able to save more children. Rather than locking the papers away in a Holocaust museum, Winton decides to use them to highlight the comparative plight of contemporary refugees. Winton’s efforts to save Jewish children were first celebrated in a BBC show, That’s Life!, similar to the long-time American show, This is Your Life. Winton was invited to the show and surprised by the presence of children, now adults, he helped save.

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