i saw another film at the jewish film festival today. it was called "murder of a hatmaker" . it is the story of a french jewish high fashion hatmaker who ultimately met her death in auchwitz. it was a beautiful film . it showed life in france for jewish people before the war. what was wonderful about the film is that one got to really see what kind of life this woman led and get a sense of her beautiful creations before finding out her ultimate fate. i think that its important to celebrate the lives of those who unfortunately lost their lives during the holocaust besides just recounting how they perished. both aspects are equally important to be remembered.
after the film the filmmaker who is the niece of the hatmaker spoke. she resembles her deceased aunt very much. my most favorite , yet chilling response the filmmaker gave was that she did not feel that there is much anti-semitism in france nowadays, when asked about the current state of anti-semitsm in france. i hope her opinion is correct, but im not quite sure where the truth lies.
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