GRANITE FALLS, Minn. — Pioneer PBS is teaming up with the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas to host a special advance screening of THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST -- a new PBS series directed and produced by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein. The event will be held on Thursday, September 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum Bomber Hangar's Voices of Valor Theater and the Quonset Briefing Room where excerpts from the forthcoming three-part, six-hour series will be shown. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and RSVPs are requested by calling 1-800-726-3178, emailing yourtv@pioneer.org or by Facebook or by visiting pioneer.org/FagenScreening.
Written by Geoffrey Ward, the film examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global anti-Semitism and racism, the eugenics movement in the United States and race laws in the American south. Following the preview of the series a presentation and discussion will be led by Steve Hunegs Executive Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council. The JCRC is the public affairs voice of the Jewish community fighting anti-Semitism and prejudice, promoting tolerance and social justice.
The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum features fully functional iconic WWII aircraft and ground equipment and vehicles as well as a WWII library and theater. Their Holocaust Boxcar Exhibit has become a major attraction in recent years.
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