SubscribeHelena Mayer and the Berlin Olympics
Helena Mayer was a Olympic Gold Medalist fencer who represented Germany in the 1936 Berlin summer games.
Why would this German Jewish woman agree to bring honor to a country that had rejected her? Why would Germany want a Jew to be part of the German National Team?
These questions form the basis of The Helena Mayer Story, a documentary by Semyon Pinkhasov that examines the motives on both sides. YIVO, the Institute for Jewish Research, will screen the film, on Monday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. at 15 West 16th Street in Manhattan.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Pinkhasov and James Traub, a contributor to The New York Times Magazine, Foreign Affairs and other publications.
Admission is $10, $7 for members. For information, call 212-868-4444.
Thanks to Jeff Bukantz, captain of the 2008 U.S. Olympic fencing team, for the heads up on this one.
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