EVA'S PROMISE: Documentary Screening + Q&A with Producer Susan Kerner

384 Harvard Street,Brookline MA 02446

02 March, 2023

Description

On a train to Auschwitz, 15-year-old Eva made a promise to her older brother Heinz Geiringer. If he did not survive the camps, Eva promised to retrieve the paintings and poetry Heinz hid under the floorboards of his attic hiding place. Heinz Geiringer’s story sits in the shadow of Anne Frank's Diary of A Young Girl. After the war, Eva became the posthumous stepsister of Anne Frank when her mother married Anne’s father. While the world knows Anne’s story, EVA'S PROMISE introduces Heinz, his artistry, and his sister’s efforts to find and share his remarkable legacy.  2022. Rating NR. Schedule: 7:00 pm Doors open for seating 7:30 pm Film Screening 8:30 pm Q&A with Producer Susan Kerner and film and Holocaust scholar Dr. Barbara Wallace Grossman Eva Geiringer SCHLOSS, a prominent Holocaust educator, is a survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and the posthumous stepsister of diarist Anne Frank. Ms. Schloss has published three books (Eva’s Story, The Promise, and After Auschwitz) and has spoken all over the world about her family’s experiences during and after World War II. She is a participant in the USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive project and Dimensions in Testimony, a museum exhibit that allows visitors to ask questions of two-dimensional displays of Holocaust survivors. Schloss was awarded an honorary doctorate by Northumbria University in 2001. She was honored with an MBE in 2013 and the Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria on taking back her Austrian citizenship in 2021. Susan KERNER (Co-Producer) is a professional stage director and Professor Emeritus at Montclair State University where she directed over 25 stage productions and led international programs in China, Korea, Austria, Italy, Greece, and England. Ms. Kerner produced the world premiere of And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank and directed the award-winning play in the UK (London and Cambridge), The Kennedy Center, NJPAC, The Museum of Jewish Heritage and several US regional theatres. She holds degrees from Connecticut College, Columbia University and Boston University, was a Fulbright Scholar in India, and is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Barbara GROSSMAN is professor of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at Tufts University. Dr. Grossman is a theatre historian, voice specialist, director, and author with strong interests as a researcher and practitioner in contemporary musical theatre, Holocaust and Genocide-related theatre and film, arts advocacy, and mindfulness as a way to alleviate anxiety, develop resilience, and promote positive change.