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Sarasota News Leader October 18, 2013 Page 78 PUBLIC INVITED TO VIEW EXTRAORDINARY HOLOCAUST FILMS The Congregation for Humanistic Judaism • Oct. 28: O Porraimos, about Europe's (CHJ) in Sarasota welcomes the public to Gypsies in the Holocaust (documentary, its second, four-part series, Extraordinary 2001; 57 minutes). O Porraimos is the Holocaust Films. first American-made film to blend postwar interviews of Roma survivors with The series will begin on Oct. 28 and continue actual photographs and films taken during on Mondays through Nov. 25. Post-film disthe Holocaust era by the German Reich cussion will be facilitated by Irene Mirkovic, Department of Racial Hygiene. Florida Holocaust Museum docent and Lifelong Learning Academy instructor for • Nov. 4: Korczak (docudrama, 1990; 1 hour Holocaust Film Studies, a news release says. and 58 minutes). This Polish-made film, directed by Andrzej Wajda and Agnieszka The films will be presented as follows: Holland, tells the real story of Janusz Physician Janusz Korczak's orphanage is still in operation in Poland. Photo by Simon Cygielski for Wikimedia Commons