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Book-to-Movie: The Boy in the Woods

In-Person

After he is separated from his family, Max, a Jewish boy escaping Nazi persecution, finds refuge with Christian peasant Jasko, who hides him in plain sight until a tense stand-off with Nazi police. Afraid for his own family, Jasko sends Max to live in the woods where he learns to survive alone. Based on the best-selling memoir Boy in the Woods: A True Story of Survival During the Second World War by Canadian Holocaust survivor Maxwell Smart and inspired by the award-winning documentary Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust. 101 min. Not Rated.

Date:
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Time:
2:00PM - 3:45PM
Location:
Carol Shields Auditorium
Branch:
Millennium Library
Audience:
  For Adults  
Categories:
  Movies  
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