999: The Forgotten Girls of the Holocaust

**_Running Time:_** _88 minutes _ ** _Director:_** _Heather Dune Macadam _
** _Language:_** _English _

This staggering documentary reveals the untold story of 999 unmarried, young
Jewish women who initially registered for government service in a purported
shoe factory, only to be tragically sent to Auschwitz. Who were these young
women and why were they chosen? Survivors reveal the truth
of this almost completely ignored piece of women’s history.

**Talkback with Director Heather Dune Macadam and Katie C. Parks, The
Zekelman Holocaust Center.**
**Sponsors:** Children of Holocaust Survivors Association in Michigan
(CHAIM); Hadassah Greater Detroit Region; Henry & Delia Meyers Library; Temple
Israel; The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive; The Zekelman
Holocaust Center; Detroit Jewish Book Fair; Seminars for Adult Jewish
Enrichment (SAJE);
**Pillar of Light:** Helene and Art Indianer

Organized by: Henry and Delia Meyers Library, The J, Detroit Jewish Film
Festival, The Detroit Jewish Book Fair, Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment
(SAJE)

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