June 23, 2023 (New York, NY): MEII Enterprises is proud to announce
Eugene Marlow's award-winning documentary short
"Zikkaron/Kristallnacht: A Family Story'' will be shown as part of the New York Filmmakers’ 10 Short Films program at the New Plaza Cinema (New York City) on June 30, 2023. The program is organized by fellow filmmaker Michael Jacobsohn.
Marlow’s nine-minute documentary short describes the events of November 9-10, 1938 all over Germany and parts of Austria when,
on the pretext of the assassination
of a German diplomat in Paris, the Nazis destroyed thousands of
Jewish-owned stores, buildings, synagogues, and homes.
The word “Kristallnacht” means
“The Night of Broken Glass,” a reference to the shards of broken glass, a result of the destruction. “Kristallnacht” is considered the beginning of what culminated in
the Holocaust.
“Kristallnacht” is told from filmmaker Dr. Eugene Marlow’s maternal family’s perspective who were present in Leipzig, Germany, during the event.
