Good Foreign-language films, WWII

[Walt's Daughter]

I sat this morning for about an hour and watched the behind the scenes parts. This like the rest of the DVD was very riveting. They not only interviewed and showed the actors, gaffers, writers, extras, etc., but interviewed the locals who were living in the areas where they did the filming. That really gave me an insight on how the people still feel today.

 

Some were saying how creepy and eerie it was to have SS men running around. Some said it was TOO REAL. It would give me the creeps too.

 

One gentlemen they interviewed that as a child at the time in the 40's, said he had many memories, but even though he was so young, knew that you could not say anything against the Nazi regime without severe consequences. His one sentence really got to me. He said that, "All of Germany was a concentration camp." He and others said that no one was FREE in Germany, not even the German people.

 

They stated that many of the German people were too afraid to speak out against all the wrongs. Said the German people were cowards. Said in 1933 it could have been stopped, but by the time Sophie was murdered, it was way too late.

 

I have decided to do some study into The White Rose. I will place my findings here. In the meantime, look at some of these links about the film and about Sophie. More to come.

 

http://www.sophieschollmovie.com/

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Scholl

 

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERschollS.htm

 

http://www.jlrweb.com/whiterose/

 

I really hope that more than a handful of people on this forum take the time to read this, really read all of this. This is the stuff that dreams are made of. This is our history. These are the real heroes who walk the face of the earth and are willing to give all and even die for their beliefs. I can't say enough about this.