Historian accuses NY’s Jewish Museum of sanitizing filmmaker’s World War II record in new exhibit
While some people have assumed that when Mekas talked about fleeing Lithuania he was talking about fleeing the Nazis, the truth is likely quite different.
The Jewish Museum’s new exhibit, “Jonas Mekas: The Camera Was Always Running,” is open Feb. 18 through June 5 in New York City.(photo credit: Jackie Hajdenberg)ByASAF SHALEV/JTA