Death of Zygielboym

<img src="https://data.ajff.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/web_embed_Laurel_JuryInCompetition_02.png" style="max-width: 20%; width: 20%; border-width: 0px; margin-left: 10px; float: right;" />An indictment of Western inaction during the Holocaust, this riveting drama uncovers how an exiled Polish political activist tried to stir the world’s conscience. Leaving his family in occupied Poland, Szmul Zygielboym arrives covertly in 1942 London to disclose evidence of the mass murder of European Jews. His futile efforts are met with indifference by politicians and decision-makers. When a local newshound learns of Zygielboym’s suicide, he senses a bigger story, and investigates. As the resourceful reporter reconstructs events, he encounters the same resistance to the truth that led to Zygielboym’s ultimate sacrifice. This top-notch production gives overdue reverence to a tragic figure, potently symbolizing the fight against callousness and selective ignorance.