When German filmmaker Caroline Link read Stefanie Zweig\’s 1995 autobiographical novel, \”Nowhere in Africa,\” she was riveted by the unusual Holocaust story. The book describes how 5-year-old Zweig and her parents fled the Nazis to Kenya, where the girl fell in love with the harshly beautiful land.
Questions arising from the role of laws and the judiciary during the Holocaust are now being studied at dozens of American universities and in military academies, Dr. Michael Berenbaum said.
In \”Turnaround,\” the third play in Roger Kumble\’s sardonic trilogy about Hollywood, Jewish hack Jeff Pelzman gushes over a sure-fire hit movie.
Second Generation Los Angeles is one of hundreds of organizations that supports children of survivors, but the only one of its kind in Los Angeles.
The process of changing Nazi history in films and television actually began some time ago in films and television. From Chaplin\’s \”The Great Dictator\” to \”Hogan\’s Heroes,\” from Ernst Lubitsch\’s \”To Be or Not to Be\” to \”The Grey Zone,\” World War II and the Holocaust have been told almost solely from the point of view of the victors and the victims.
Prior to the Shoah Foundation\’s annual banquet on Dec. 5, Contributing Editor Tom Tugend conducted an e-mail interview with its founder, director Steven Spielberg.
With its initial goal accomplished, the Shoah Foundation faces two mammoth tasks, one short-term, the other for the indefinite future.
Putting a new spin on Chanukah celebrations, the U.S. Marine Corps Marching Band will perform at The Calabasas Shul\’s annual menorah-lighting ceremony to honor the men and women of the United States armed forces.
During the Holocaust, Max Webb made two promises: one to his mother and one to God.
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