999: The Forgotten Girls of the Holocaust

Southeast US Premiere

999: The Forgotten Girls of the Holocaust reveals the untold story of 999 unmarried, young Jewish women initially registered for government service in a purported shoe factory, only to be tragically sent to Auschwitz. Who were these young women? Why were they chosen? How did a handful survive over three years in the death camps? 94-year-old Edith Grosman — #1970 — and other survivors reveal the truth of this almost completely ignored piece of women's history, the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz. Heather Dune Macadam, director and author of the international best-sellers, "999-The Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz" and "Rena’s Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz," has spent the past 11 years interviewing survivors all over the world, who were in their 90s — only five of whom are still alive today. Digging through family and government archives, she unearthed ground-breaking research, revealing this never-before-told story. Told from a uniquely female perspective, this sorority of survival asks the poignant question: why were girls targeted first?

The special premiere event will feature director Heather Dune Macadam in attendance to introduce the film and participate in a Q&A afterward.