WHAT POWER DOES a government have in whitewashing filthy sins of the past? When Lithuanian officer Jonas Noreika was killed in 1947 by the KGB, he was revered as a martyr for his country, and the celebrations of his life ran so thick with enthusiasm, that his crimes were airbrushed away. Until recently. J’Accuse is a film which breaks the bureaucratic seals over horrible secrets. It focuses on the meeting of Noreika’s granddaughter, Silvia Foti, and a relative of some of Noreika’s Jewish victims, Grant Gochin and is currently being feted by Jewish film festivals all over the world. You can see it through a private online screening hosted by the SA Jewish Report on 19 January at 8pm.
Picture the scenario. You belong to a prominent family in your community. You were raised with a sense of specialness and feel a little like royalty because you…
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