March 2, 2025 – Film Screening and Discussion: Bau, Artist at War
Sunday, March 2, 2025
3:00 p.m. EST
Center for Jewish History
15 W 16th Street,
New York, NY 10011
Bau, Artist at War is based on the true love story of Joseph and Rebecca Bau, whose wedding took place in the Plaszow concentration camp during the Second World War. Using his artistic skills and sense of humour in the camps, Joseph manages to stay alive and ultimately helps hundreds to escape. Years later, when called to be a key witness in the trial of the brutal Nazi officer who tortured him and killed his father, he is thrust back into vivid memories of the Holocaust.
The film screening will be followed by a conversation with writer/producer Deborah Smerecnik and Joseph and Rebecca Bau’s daughters Clila and Hadasa Bau, moderated by B’nai B’rith CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin.
The screening of Bau, Artist at War is a joint project of B’nai B’rith, the Holocaust and United Nations Outreach Programme, and the Center for Jewish History. Register at https://programs.cjh.org/tickets/bau-2025-03-02
