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“Karski and Grunberg both proved there are many ways to fight against injustices.” (SSN)

Emmy Award-winning director Slawomir Grünberg (Praying with Lior) turns his lens on his homeland, Poland, to tell the story of Jan Karski, one of the most courageous and least known underground activists during World War II. Often working for the Polish government in exile in London, Karski risked his own life on many assignments, including an incognito mission to the Warsaw Ghetto. He presented his eyewitness account to British officials and President Franklin D. Roosevelt—whom he called the lords of humanity—hoping to spur them to action. Grünberg uses potent animated sequences to illustrate several compelling events in Karski’s life, including brutal torture by the Gestapo, a daring hospital escape, and his disguising of his Polish accent through medical means.

This program is sponsored by AJC.