The anniversary of Kristallnacht (Nov. 9-10, 1938) will be noted in this area with the 34th annual Kristallnacht Interfaith Commemoration, which will include a one-time premiere screening of the film “This Ordinary Thing” on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. in Page Hall on the University at Albany downtown campus, 135 Western Ave., Albany. The commemoration, held to unite the community against prejudice, is free and open to the public.

Eighty-eight years ago, on Nov. 9-10, 1938, the Nazis staged vicious attacks or pogroms against Jews in Germany and Austria in riots that came to be known as Kristallnacht or “Night of Broken Glass.” It would later become known by many as the “Night the Holocaust Began.” On that date hundreds of synagogues and businesses were destroyed, and 30,000 Jewish men and boys were arrested and sent to concentration camps.

“This Ordinary Thing,” subtitled “Forgotten heroes, unforgettable stories,” is a Holocaust film about courage, compassion and the power of one person to make a difference. During the Holocaust, ordinary non-Jewish people across Europe risked their own lives, and the lives of their families, to hide and save Jewish strangers from almost certain death. Many were later honored as Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust remembrance center.

According to commemoration organizers, through dramatic readings of never-before-seen interview transcripts from more than 40 survivors and rescuers, the film reveals “remarkable pockets of goodness in a sea of evil.”

The film cast includes Academy Award-winning and nominated actors, Helen Mirren, F. Murray Abraham, Carrie Coon, Jeremy Irons, Ellen Burstyn and Stephen Fry. The film is an Albert M. Tapper production directed by Nick Davis.

The program is sponsored by Holocaust Survivors and Friends Education Center, the Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York, and the Judaic studies program of the University at Albany.