Skidmore College to Screen Film Recalling Jewish Bravery During Holocaust

SARATOGA SPRINGS — A screening of the award-winning documentary “Four Winters” will take place at 6 p.m. on Jan. 27 at Skidmore College. 

The film, directed by Julia Mintz, recalls the resistance displayed by Jewish people during the horrors of Hitler’s rage across eastern Europe. 

“Four Winters” uses personal photographs, letters, journals, war records, and interviews with the last living partisans to tell the story of the brave Jewish men and women that fought for their lives and their people across Belarus, Ukraine, and eastern Europe. It also goes on to show the transformation of more than 25,000 people from peaceful residents of their nations to clever leaders fighting for their lives by recounting their escape into the forests, followed by their united acts of sabotage by blowing up train stations, burning electric stations, and attacking armed enemy headquarters. 

A Q&A session will be held following the end of the film with Mintz, during which participants will be offered the opportunity to ask questions. There is no cost to attend the screening. 

Registration is required for community members who wish to attend at: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/YEGSQgb/FourWinters. Those who register will receive the location on campus and other program information ahead of time. For more information about the film, go to:  fourwintersfilm.com.