Experience the powerful documentary about Marian Turski and his extraordinary message of compassion, courage, and humanity, with 21 screenings from November 20–26 at Village East by Angelika, 181–189 Second Avenue, NYC.

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DESCRIPTION

A powerful 73-minute documentary directed by Andrzej Wolf, honoring Marian Turski (1926–2025)—world-renowned historian, journalist, Holocaust survivor, civil rights advocate and longtime president of the International Auschwitz Committee. Through his extraordinary testimony, Turski takes us to the roots of evil, reveals how indifference allows injustice to flourish and delivers an urgent message for all humanity: “Do not be indifferent.”

SYNOPSIS

He survived the Łódź Ghetto, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Theresienstadt and two death marches. Yet Marian Turski emerged from humanity’s darkest chapter with a message that would challenge the world. How do educated, cultured societies descend into hatred, persecution and mass murder? And when does indifference become complicity?

In XI: Thou Shalt Not Be Indifferent, Turski confronts these questions with remarkable clarity, revealing how prejudice, exclusion and the erosion of human dignity can lead to unimaginable consequences. In 1965, he joined the historic Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., carrying the lessons of the Holocaust into a lifelong commitment to justice and equality. His extraordinary humanitarian contributions earned him prestigious international honors, including Poland’s Order of Polonia Restituta and France’s Légion d’honneur . His influence reached world leaders, including President Barack Obama, who personally sentgreetings honoring Turski on his 90th birthday.

Through intimate testimony and rare, real-life archival footage documenting the liberation of Nazi concentration camps in 1945, including historical film material by legendary filmmakers Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder and Frank Capra, director and cinematographer Andrzej Wolf brings history vividly to life. The documentary pays tribute to one of the last moral compasses of the Greatest Generation.

In the centennial year of Turski’s birth, his warning, “Auschwitz did not fall from the sky,” reminds us that history’s greatest tragedies begin long before the world recognizes them. More than a story of survival, this extraordinary documentary reminds us that the past shapes the present—and that the future depends on the choices we make today.

One extraordinary man. One message for all humanity. One question: Will we choose to act? 

Film Website:
https://XIThouShaltNotBeIndifferent.com

DANIEL QUINTANILLA