Postponed Film - Rescheduled. "NICKY'S FAMILY' - How one act of kindness changed the world

The screening of Nicky’s Family has been rescheduled for Thursday, January 30th, 6:30pm at Polson Middle School in Madison (302 Green Hill Rd.). To mark the occasion of the 69th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Shoreline office of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, Shoreline Hadassah and The Grove School are sponsoring this showing of Nicky’s Family. Nicky's Family tells the nearly forgotten story of Sir Nicholas Winton, an Englishman who organized the rescue of 669 Czech and Slovak children just before the outbreak of World War II. Winton, now 104 years old, did not speak about these events with anyone for more than half a century. His heroic efforts might have been forgotten if his wife had not found a suitcase full of documents and transport plans many years later. Today the story of this rescue has influenced thousands of children on every continent. Many have decided to follow in his footsteps and do something positive for our world through mitzvah projects that help the hungry, sick and homeless. In the Czech Republic 120,000 children signed a petition to award Nicholas Winton the Nobel Prize for Peace. That effort is now motivating children and adults in the USA to help Winton achieve this honor while he is alive. Dozens of Winton's "children" have been found and one of them, Ivan Backer will be interviewed on WNPR’s ‘Where We Live’ program on Thursday Jan.23 at 9:00am. The film proves that members of Nicky's Family are not the only people touched by Sir Nicholas Winton. Nicky's Family has earned rave reviews from audiences and critics around the world, winning over 30 awards - including 14 audience awards from U.S. film festivals!

For additional information go to http://www.jewishnewhaven.org/ or contact the Shoreline office at 203-738-0033 / jwlesage@jewishnewhaven.org.

$5 suggested donation STUDENTS FREE: Proceeds support student scholarships for March of the Living - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC