After an attempt on Adolf Hitler’s life, Glenn Berwin’s family and their property was seized along with many other Jews in Munich. Berwin’s uncle owned two restaurants and a shop there. They were seized along with his World War I veteran’s pension. “It seemed hopeless” Berwin said in a statement Monday. “I thought the odds [...]
Confronting a Holocaust past
Feb. 10, 2009 Leave a Comment
There is no doubt that Nazi Germany was a haunting place to live in the wake of the Holocaust. Bernhard Schlink addressed these hardships in his 1995 novel “The Reader” and through lectures in Boston last week. “The Reader” personalizes the Holocaust by illustrating the turmoil of a man who is in love with a [...]
Defiance
Jan. 6, 2009 1 Comment
What makes the film “Defiance” so unique is that without ever seeing concentration camps and with barely any physical presence from the Germans, director Ed Zwick was able to tell the story of the Jews’ plight during World War II almost as masterfully as Stephen Spielberg did with “Schindler’s List.”