The Netherlands have always had a special place for Jews. Not always loved, but always protected, Amsterdam calls itself “Mokum” meaning “The Place” in Hebrew and Rotterdammers say “Mazel Tov” when they mean congratulations and all toast with “Daar Ga Je” which in Dutch sounds like “Le Cha’im”.
Jewish movies this year included two Russian films and films which while inclusive of Jews were not “Jewish” in nature.
Anna’s War, directed by Alexey Fedorchenko (2018, Russia, 75 minutes), is about a 6-year-old Anna whose entire family dies in the mass coordinated execution of Jews. The mother covers up Anna with her own body, and the girl miraculously survives. For the next few hundred days Anna hides in the disused chimney at the Nazi Commandant’s office. From her shelter she watches as life passes her by until the village is liberated from the Nazis. In these inhuman conditions Anna not...
Jewish movies this year included two Russian films and films which while inclusive of Jews were not “Jewish” in nature.
Anna’s War, directed by Alexey Fedorchenko (2018, Russia, 75 minutes), is about a 6-year-old Anna whose entire family dies in the mass coordinated execution of Jews. The mother covers up Anna with her own body, and the girl miraculously survives. For the next few hundred days Anna hides in the disused chimney at the Nazi Commandant’s office. From her shelter she watches as life passes her by until the village is liberated from the Nazis. In these inhuman conditions Anna not...
- 2/8/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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