Today, Europe’s fastest growing Jewish population is in Berlin.
Germany is considered one of the most democratic societies in the world, assuming the position of moral leader in Europe as it embraces hundreds of thousands of refugees. None of these developments could have been imagined in 1945. Through personal stories Germans & Jews explores the country’s transformation from silence about the Holocaust to facing it head on. Unexpectedly, a nuanced story of reconciliation emerges.
What began as a private conversation between the two filmmakers and friends, Tal Recanati (Jewish) and Janina Quint (non-Jewish German), grew into a cultural exchange among many. We realize that the two people are inextricably linked through the memory of the Holocaust. Germans and Jews is provocative, unexpected and enlightening.
JOIN US FOR A PANEL DISCUSSION FOLLOWING THE SCREENING OF “GERMANS AND JEWS”
Moderator:
Dr. David J. Bercuson, Director Centre for Military Security and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary, Associate Director of International Policy, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
Panelists:
Dr. Jan Süselbeck, Associate Professor of German Studies, University of Calgary
Dr. Annette F. Timm, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Calgary
Orit Shimoni, Musician, former resident of Berlin