Solomon Perel (M / Germany, Poland, 1925), Holocaust survivor
Solomon "Shlomo, Sally" Perel (M / Germany, Poland, 1925), Holocaust survivor.
- KEYWORDS : <Hidden Children>
- MEMOIRS : Europa, Europa (1990) -- Europa, Europa (film, 1990), by Agnieszka Holland
Biography
Book : Europa, Europa (1990)
The Inspiration Behind The Golden Globe --Winning Film
""An engrossing and memorable tale.""Jewish Book World
""The sheer emotion of telling the tale is palpable. The whole is moving, and strange beyond belief."" --The Times (London)
International acclaim for Solomon Perel's Europa Europa
""The wrenching memoir of a young man who survived the Holocaust by concealing his Jewish identity and finding unexpected refuge as a member of the Hitler Youth.
""It is a Holocaust memoir that is moving, straightforward, and quite completely bizarre, unsettling in all kinds of assumptions about identity, responsibility, and guilt."" --Glasgow Herald
""Perel bares his soul to readers in this fascinating, unusual personal narrative of the Holocaust."" --Book Report
""Many of the experiences of Holocaust survivors are incredible. None is more incredible than the story of a Jewish boy, Solomon Perel, who escaped from Germany to Russia, served with the Wehrmacht in Russia, was adopted by his commanding officer, and transferred to an elite Hitler Youth school."" --London Jewish News
""A most remarkable story . . . extraordinary."" --The Australian
""This book will move human hearts."" --Berliner Morgenpost
Film: Europa, Europa (1990), by Agnieszka Holland
This "incredible, true story" (Los Angeles Times) is at once "eye-opening, harrowing and humorous" (Leonard Maltin) as it recounts the severe actions a young boy must take in order to survive the Holocaust. Based on the autobiography of Solomon Perel, a young German Jew, the film "bounds from one jaw-dropping episode to the next" (The New Yorker) and puts you in the middle of war-torn Europe where ingenuity, timing and luck are the key to survival. Separated from his family at the age of thirteen, Solly (Marco Hofschneider) takes on various identities to hide his Jewishheritage. First passing himself off as an orphan and later as one of the "Hitler Youth," Solly carries on his charade, hoping desperately to keep his identity hidden and make it through the war alive.