TBA to kick off Geller Education Series Feb. 8
By Canton CitizenUpdate: The screening of The Lady in Number 6 was postponed due to inclement weather and will be rescheduled at a later date. For more information, contact Temple Beth Abraham at 781-828-5250.
The community is invited to a screening of the critically acclaimed documentary The Lady in Number 6 on Sunday, February 8, at 2 p.m. at Temple Beth Abraham in Canton. This Academy Award-winning documentary is being presented by the Izzy Geller Education Series through the generosity of the Lustbader/Babcock Holocaust Memorial Fund in honor of longtime TBA congregant and Canton resident Israel “Izzy” Geller, who passed away in 2013 at the age of 89.
Israel and Marilyn Geller
A native of Poland, Geller was the only member of his immediate family who survived the Holocaust, which claimed the lives of approximately six million Jews during World War II. Geller himself spent the majority of his formative years performing forced labor in ghettos and concentration camps, including Auschwitz, before he was finally liberated by American soldiers in the spring of 1945.
After the war ended, Geller lived in Frankfurt before emigrating to the United States and settling in the Boston area. He and his wife, Marilyn, raised two children in Randolph before moving to Canton in the early 1990s.
During his lifetime, Geller traveled to local synagogues, schools, and colleges telling his story of survival and detailing the atrocities that he saw and experienced as a young man. He also granted numerous interviews over the years and recorded a two-hour testimony for the USC Shoah Foundation’s visual history library.
Through the Izzy Geller Education Series, Temple Beth Abraham will continue to honor Geller’s memory while promoting a deeper understanding of the Holocaust. The screening of The Lady in Number 6 is the series’ inaugural program.
Alice Herz-Sommer
Directed, written and produced by Malcolm Clarke, The Lady in Number 6 tells the story of Alice Herz-Sommer, a pianist who was the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor. She died last February at age 110 — a week before the film was named best documentary-short subject at the 86th Academy Awards
In the film, Herz-Sommer shares her unique perspective of looking past the horrors of daily life in a concentration camp and seeking out the good in fellow man. She also discusses how her life was spared through music and shares her views on how to live a long and happy life.
Admission to the program is free, and light snacks will be provided.
Donations to the Izzy Geller Education Series can be made to Temple Beth Abraham Lustbader/Babcock Holocaust Library Fund, 1301 Washington Street, Canton, MA 02021. For more information about Temple Beth Abraham, visit templebethabraham.org or call 781-828-5250.
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