On Tuesday April 16, at 7:00 pm, in partnership with The University of Maine, the Maine Jewish Film Festival is delighted to present Resistance: They Fought Back, which tells the largely unknown and incredibly courageous story of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. A panel discussion with Executive Director Paula S. Apsell will follow the screening. This is a free event. Please register HERE.

While the Germans documented many aspects of their war against the Jews, they obliterated all mentions of Jewish resistance. Now, the powerful vision of Emmy Award-winning director/producer Paula S. Apsell, her co-director Kirk Wolfinger, and writer Owen Palmquist shows us how strongly and shrewdly Jews did indeed fight back. This important documentary was born when Ms. Apsell visited with Holocaust scholar and archeologist Richard Freund from Christopher Newport University. When she asked why so many heroic attempts at Jewish resistance were unknown to the general public, Professor Freund replied, “Because you haven’t made the film yet.” Now it is made…and Ms. Aspell’s film is a vital new addition to the archive of remembrance.