The Rape of Europa
10:00 a.m., Contra Costa JCC
USA, 2006, 117 minutes, English, Russian, German, Polish and French

In a journey through seven countries, this documentary takes the audience into the violent whirlwind of fanaticism, greed, and warfare that threatened to wipe out Europe’s artistic heritage. But young art professionals as well as ordinary heroes, from truck drivers to department store clerks, fought back with an extraordinary effort to safeguard, rescue and return the millions of lost, hidden and stolen treasures that were systematically stolen by the Nazis during the reign of the Third Reich.

Co-sponsor: Congregation B’nai Tikvah. Guest Speaker: Riva Gambert, Jewish Community Federation.