No Place on Earth
Please join the DCJCC as we join the JCCNV for their "Thursday at the J" Kickoff event.
Sign up thiugh this event sign up and you'll have a seat at the DCJCC's Of A Certain Age table(s).
Documentary: No Place on Earth with special pre-film presentation
by Cave Explorer, Chris Nicola
Noon: bring your own dairy or parve/meatless lunch, special dessert buffet provided
12:45 pm: view film and hear from cave-explorer Chris Nicola
Mr. Nicola is a cave explorer who came across artifacts of daily living
in a system of caves in Ukraine. This
unbelievable film describes how in 1942, five Jewish families in
Ukraine — 38 men, women and children — descended into caves to hide from
pursuing Nazis
and lived in near-total darkness for 500 days. It
wasn’t until 1993, when Chris Nicola was mapping out the largest cave
system in Ukraine, that evidence was first discovered of this amazing
story, the longest uninterrupted underground survival ever recorded.
This harrowing story of families living in near-total darkness in two
cold, damp caves was captured in this 2013 documentary by filmmaker
Janet Tobias. The film also features interviews with survivors and their
descendants, now living mainly in New York City and Montreal, and
includes a segment in which the director brings some of the survivors,
the oldest of whom is in his 90s, back into the caves.
This film was a hit at the Washington Jewish Film Festival in 2013! Don't miss it!
Questions? Contact: Michele.Endick@jccnv.org or (703) 537-3095
Speaker sponsored by Classic Nurses Services, Inc., Charles E Antwi, RN, BSN, owner
Be sure to attend this unbelievable story of courage and perseverance told by Mr. Nicola along with this very special documentary.
Fee: $8 /$5 JCC member (includes dessert buffet)
RSVP is a must!
Registration will close on Sunday, September 14.