Tuesday, March 24, 2009

History in Media


Movies:
Valkyrie- A recent movie that is set in Nazi Germany during the time of WWII. It is about German officers planning to murder Hitler and take control of Germany. 

Cabaret- A musical that is set in 1931 in Berlin before the Nazi's came to power. In this scene an "Aryan" German boy is singing a song called "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" while other Germans join him. 

Books:
The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal- This book, which takes place during the Holocaust is about a man named Simon that is incarcerated in a concentration camp. One day, he is taken from his labor and taken to the hospital room of a dying Nazi soldier that asks him for forgiveness for what he had done.

The Diary of Anne Frank- was a book based on a girl named Anne Frank's life during the Holocaust. She and her family hid from the Nazi's in the attic of her father's office building. 

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