WOOD LIBRARY MOVIES 7PM

Admission
$3.50 for the 1st ticket
$2.50 for the 2nd ticket
$1.50 for the 3rd ticket or $7.50 for a family of 3.
Soda and popcorn are included!

Saturday, May 9-"The Rape of Europa"
A gripping 2007 documentary of Nazi seizure of priceless art treasures from museums and private Jewish collections in Europe during the Third Reich and World War II; and, their reclamation and return to their rightful owners by Allied troops under the direction of General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

The film is based on Lynn H. Nicholas's book of the same title, and Ms. Nicholas does some of the narration, along with eye witnesses, art experts, and historians. This film was chosen to be shown near Memorial Day, to remind us again of the many blessings we have as a free society.

NOTE: An exhibit has recently opened at the Jewish Museum in New York, "Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker", the preeminent Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam whose vast collection of Dutch Old Master pieces was seized by the Nazis and some of it was ulitmately reclaimed. The exhibit was curated by Peter C. Sutton, an expert in Dutch art. Sutton is General Director of the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, and was previously Director of the Wadsworth Atheneum. If you would like to accompany us on a tour to the Jewish Museum to see the exhibit, call Wood Library at (860) 289-1783.

Wood Memorial Library uses
a BOSE sound system for theater quality sound.

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