Kol Am to screen Spanish documentary on Shoah

Congregation Kol Am will welcome Alejandro Baer, a professor of sociology and expert in Holocaust Studies at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain for an exclusive screening and discussion of the documentary Visas for Freedom: Spanish Diplomats and the Holocaust, on Saturday, Aug. 23 at 5 p.m. The film highlights the efforts of Spanish diplomats to save Jews during the Holocaust. Baer is the organizer and curator of a ‘Visas for Freedom’ exhibit. The film has been dubbed into English. Free and open to the community. RSVPs requested by Aug. 20. Call 636-519-0082.