The Righteous Man from Fulda
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, 3rd Fl., Randolph Room, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, January 27th, at 5PM
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, join us for the Chicago premiere of ‘The Righteous Man from Fulda.’
This compelling new documentary by Ethan Bensinger traces the filmmaker’s own family Holocaust history through the unlikely story of the two tablecloths that belonged to Hugo Sichel, the filmmaker’s great uncle, who lived in Fulda until his deportation in December 1941. Sichel gifted the tablecloths to his friend and non-Jewish neighbor Paul Römhild, who had put himself and his family at risk to secretly supply Sichel with food. Eight decades later, after a chance encounter, Bensinger travels to the Hessian hometown of his great uncle to receive the tablecloths from Paul Römhild’s daughter, who had kept them safe throughout the years, and to reunite their two families.
This documentary interweaves one family’s story with the broader events surrounding Kristallnacht in Fulda in November 1938, offering insights into the town’s Jewish history and highlighting how the memory of the Holocaust continues to impact the present.
After the screening, Ethan Bensinger will be joined in conversation by Elizabeth Loentz, Professor of Germanic Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago.
Please note that this event will take place in the Randolph Room, on the 3rd Floor of 150 N. Michigan Ave., in the same building as the Goethe-Institut Chicago. Light refreshments will be served.
If you can’t make this event, don’t miss our second screening at 6pm on Tuesday, January 30th at the DANK Haus!
More info and registration here: https://dankhaus.com/event-5534971?fbclid=IwAR0t35RTPuERMQZHGTcDux2Md632nhs2RdPsQ4wxR4xT1qhHQY_3st_-gcc
This program is presented by the Goethe-Institut Chicago and DANK Haus German American Cultural Center.
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