SATURDAY, MAY 13 – 2:00 P.M. & 7:00 P.M.

Online RSVP is now closed for DEATH OF ZYGIELBOJM. Tickets are still available for both screenings and can be picked up at the box office before the show, even if you didn’t RSVP.

Join us for the US premiere of DEATH OF ZYGIELBOJM, hosted by Arthur Zygielbaum, PhD, grandson of Szmul Arthur Zygielbojm, the subject of the film. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are required for all attendees and available through online RSVP. Click the link above to register for tickets. There will be two screenings of the film (2pm and 7pm) on Saturday, May 13.

A confirmation email will be sent from “Google Forms” when you register for tickets. Be sure to check your spam folder. If you do not receive a confirmation email and want to check on an RSVP, please email info@theross.org.

Presented in cooperation with the Lied Center for Performing Arts Mosaic Circle.

Sponsored by Art and Chris Zygielbaum in honor of Art’s grandfather on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of his suicide.

DEATH OF ZYGIELBOJM
(Directed by Ryszard Brylski | 2021 | 1 hour, 26 minutes)
A story about the tragic fate of a Jewish political activist who committed suicide in London on May 12, 1943. His act was to be a protest against the world’s inaction in the face of the tragedy of the Holocaust. A story told from the perspective of a young British journalist who, like most contemporary people of the Western world, was unaware of the scale of the crime taking place in eastern Europe at that time.

Szmul Arthur Zygielbojm, a member of the Polish Government-in-Exile was charged with receiving intelligence from Poland about the fate of Polish Jews. His job was to convince the Allies, especially the British and American governments, to take action to save the Jews being murdered by the tens of thousands in Poland by the Nazis. He failed. This is the story of his final days and the tragic but heroic end of his life.