Exhibition to host film on Nazi hunter

Jan 30 2008 by Peter Collins, South Wales Echo

THE Barry Town Hall Exhibition Space, on King Square, Barry, will host the first screening in Wales of a documentary film about a man who dedicated himself to bringing Nazi war criminals to justice.

The screening of I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal, is being shown by the Vale of Glamorgan Council as part of Imagine, the current Holocaust Exhibition.

From the Moriah Films Collection of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in America, the film is being screened at11.30am on Tuesday and Friday until February 8. There will also be a special screening on Sunday, February 3, at 6.30pm.

Although there is no charge, booking is essential. Contact Nicola Tucker on 07724 542304 or e-mail N.tucker53@ ntlworld.com

It is suitable only for those aged 13 and above.

The film, narrated by actress Nicole Kidman, looks at the life of Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor who tracked down many Nazi war criminals. Mr Wiesenthal, who died in 2005, spent six decades fighting anti-Semitism.