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Film Screening—REFUGE: Stories of the Selfhelp Home

Join local film director Ethan Bensinger for a special screening of his documentary, REFUGE: Stories of the Selfhelp Home. The one-hour movie features the lives of six Chicagoans who survived Nazi Germany and a singular community in Chicago that has provided a safe haven to more than 1,000 Central European Jewish refugees and survivors. Survivors share heartbreaking stories, as well as stories of renewal, resilience, creating new families, of starting again in a new land.

Registration is required. Register online at www.vapld.info, by telephone at 224-543-1485, or in person at any public service desk in the library.

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