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This film opened back in 2016, but is currently streaming and included with Amazon Prime.
I found it riveting.
For a decades after WWII the holocaust wasn't even discussed in Germany, let alone taught in schools.
Boy, how time has changed things.
Lots of surprises in this doc.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
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Janina Quint's documentary examines the complicated relationship between Germans and Jews in modern Germany.
The European city with the fastest-growing Jewish population is Berlin — that's one of the many startling facts imparted in Germans & Jews, Janina Quint's thoughtful documentary about the complicated relationship between the two more than 70 years after World War II and the Holocaust. Currently in limited theatrical release, the film should enjoy a healthy ancillary life, especially in academic settings.
Director Quint, a non-Jewish German, and executive producer Tal Recananti, an American Jew, have structured the pic like a conversation. Quite literally so, as it includes frequent segments shot at a dinner party where contemporary Berliners, both Jewish and not, discuss their thoughts on the subject. There are also frequent interviews with young people who describe growing up with the legacy of the Nazi crimes and such elderly commentators as history professor Fritz Stern, a German Jew who escaped the Holocaust and who feels that it's now time for the country to pay less attention to its horrific past.
I found it riveting.
For a decades after WWII the holocaust wasn't even discussed in Germany, let alone taught in schools.
Boy, how time has changed things.
Lots of surprises in this doc.
‘Germans & Jews’: Film Review
Janina Quint's documentary examines the complicated relationship between Germans and Jews in modern Germany.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
SNIP:
Janina Quint's documentary examines the complicated relationship between Germans and Jews in modern Germany.
The European city with the fastest-growing Jewish population is Berlin — that's one of the many startling facts imparted in Germans & Jews, Janina Quint's thoughtful documentary about the complicated relationship between the two more than 70 years after World War II and the Holocaust. Currently in limited theatrical release, the film should enjoy a healthy ancillary life, especially in academic settings.
Director Quint, a non-Jewish German, and executive producer Tal Recananti, an American Jew, have structured the pic like a conversation. Quite literally so, as it includes frequent segments shot at a dinner party where contemporary Berliners, both Jewish and not, discuss their thoughts on the subject. There are also frequent interviews with young people who describe growing up with the legacy of the Nazi crimes and such elderly commentators as history professor Fritz Stern, a German Jew who escaped the Holocaust and who feels that it's now time for the country to pay less attention to its horrific past.
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