Screening and panel co-presented by The Lost Shtetl Museum
DOC NYC and The Lost Shtetl Museum present the NY Premiere of Extinguished Lives (Lithuania/USA, 14 min), a hybrid documentary short examining a little-known story of the Holocaust by bullets—the murder of Lithuanian Jews by Nazis and their local collaborators in the forests surrounding hundreds of shtetls. Based on survivor testimony, the film follows a young woman who must choose between staying with her family or saving herself.
Following the film, a panel moderated by DOC NYC Executive Director Raphaela Neihausen will discuss the need (or not) for Holocaust films in 2025. Panelists include Extinguished Lives director Roberta Grossman, The Lost Shtetl Museum consultant Prof. Sam Kassow, filmmaker Denis Dobrovoda (The Consequences of Truth), and Exhibit Designer Büke Kumyol (RAA).