“Children’s Odyssey” will be screened on 13 April 2009 at 7:30PM at Congregation Beth David in Saratoga CA. One of the children, who survived the journey, featured in the film, Joe Rosenbaum, will be on hand to provide personal background and answer questions.

The Children’s Odyssey tells the relatively unknown story of a group of Polish Jewish children who are now known as the —Tehran Children.—

When Germany declared war on Poland in September 1939, more than 300,000 Jews fled eastward, among them thousands of children. It was a 4-year odyssey in which these children, aged 2 to 15, went from Poland to Persia. Only about 1,000 reached their haven: Teheran. Then they struggled on – by ship and rail to Palestine. This film shows again how, in times of war and persecution, children have so often faced appalling hardships and overwhelming challenges – and overcome them.