The movie Europa, Europa is a 1990 film based on the 1989 autobiography of Solomon Perel. After reading the book, Europa Europa by Solomon Perel in tandem with watching the film I found that there are some factual misrepresentations between the book and the movie. Nonetheless, the movie is well made and adheres the majority of the facts presented in the autobiography. Solomon Perel was a German Jewish boy who escaped the holocaust by faking his identity as an elite Aryan German, which led to him being inducted into German society as a pure German. This movie was not only very emotionally touching, but it took a very different stance towards the holocaust. While most Holocaust movies such as Schindler’s List and Out of the Ashes depict the holocaust from the victim’s point of view, this movie depicted the German’s point of view regarding the holocaust and the training that they provided to its emerging young Nazi society. This movie is not only filled with historical facts, but also loaded with human ingenuity, strength and the desire to live.
The time in which the movie begins the German’s are starting to gain negative feelings towards Jews. However, the Jews are …show more content…
While Solomon is at the orphanage he receives and letter from his parents and learns that they have been captured and sent to live in the ghetto. Soon after two years Germany invades the Soviet Union the orphanage is attacked and the orphanage is evacuated, but Solomon is left behind and he is found by the German soldiers. In an attempt to be kept alive and free Solomon then destroys his identity papers and lies to the German soldiers telling them that he is Josef a German boy from the Baltic area. The German surprisingly believe him and do not inspect whether he has a circumcision or not and instead accept him as one of their
The time in which the movie begins the German’s are starting to gain negative feelings towards Jews. However, the Jews are …show more content…
While Solomon is at the orphanage he receives and letter from his parents and learns that they have been captured and sent to live in the ghetto. Soon after two years Germany invades the Soviet Union the orphanage is attacked and the orphanage is evacuated, but Solomon is left behind and he is found by the German soldiers. In an attempt to be kept alive and free Solomon then destroys his identity papers and lies to the German soldiers telling them that he is Josef a German boy from the Baltic area. The German surprisingly believe him and do not inspect whether he has a circumcision or not and instead accept him as one of their