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The 81st Blow

Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival 2024

In Memory of Jacques Erlich (1931 – 2024)

The 81st Blow

Dir.: Haim Gouri, Jacques Erlich, David Bergman | 57 minutes

29.12.24 16:00	Sunday 29.12.24	16:00	Cinematheque 2				2024-12-29 16:00:00 2024-12-29 19:00:00 Asia/Jerusalem In Memory of Jacques Erlich (1931 – 2024) <p>Special screening at the Jewish Film Festival, courtesy of Yad Vashem in cooperation with the Ghetto Fighters' House Museum</p><p>Opening Remarks:</p><p>Dani Dayan, Chairman of Yad Vashem</p><p>Yigal Cohen, General Director of the Ghetto Fighters' House Museum</p><p>Post-Screening Discussion: The Language of Memory in THE 81ST BLOW</p><p>Participants: Ran Tal (Tel Aviv University), Dr. Shmulik Duvdevani (Tel Aviv University), Liat Benhabib (Yad Vashem) (In Heb.)</p> Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque

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Special screening at the Jewish Film Festival, courtesy of Yad Vashem in cooperation with the Ghetto Fighters' House Museum

Opening Remarks:

Dani Dayan, Chairman of Yad Vashem

Yigal Cohen, General Director of the Ghetto Fighters' House Museum

Post-Screening Discussion: The Language of Memory in THE 81ST BLOW

Participants: Ran Tal (Tel Aviv University), Dr. Shmulik Duvdevani (Tel Aviv University), Liat Benhabib (Yad Vashem) (In Heb.)

The 81st Blow

Israel 1974 | 57 minutes | Hebrew, Yiddish, German | Hebrew subtitles

The first installment in Haim Gouri, Jacques Erlich, and David Bergman's Holocaust Trilogy. The film chronicles Hitler and the Nazi rise to power, the persecution of Jews, and their extermination during the Holocaust. It uses archival footage to depict these events; survivors' testimonies are heard in the soundtrack, but their faces are not shown. The title, THE 81ST BLOW, refers to the testimony of Michael (Miki) Goldman, a Holocaust survivor and police investigator who served as the assistant to Gideon Hausner - Israel's Attorney General and prosecutor at the Eichmann Trial. During the trial, Dr. Burzminski - a dentist from the Przemyśl Ghetto – told a story about a Jewish boy who received 80 blows from a Nazi officer. The boy was identified as Michael Goldman. Years later, Goldman stated that the 81st blow was the one he received from Israeli society, which ignored and alienated Holocaust survivors who immigrated to the country. THE 81ST BLOW was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Production of Short Version: Israel Film Archive