Schieb says about 1,900 Jews survived the war while hiding in and around Berlin. It was the next generation who pushed it. "The first generation of this country was not capable of doing this research. "It's tragic, but that's the way it is," says Schieb. It took the generations born after the war to unearth and document them. Stories of the thousands of Jews who went into hiding in the heart of Nazi Germany only came to light in the late 1980s, says Schieb. They kind of sacrificed themselves to live my life." As Allied bombings of Berlin increased near the end of the war, "they often went into public bunkers with me so I wouldn't be seen in their basement. "These people sheltering me had to live with just one food ration card," Lévy tells NPR. They recall a culture of denunciation so pervasive that sometimes Jews denounced other Jews in the hope of avoiding a horrible fate.īut they also talk with admiration about the people who helped them survive. In the film, for which interviews were conducted 10 years ago, the four survivors talk of the constant fear, the hunger and cold they experienced. Eugen Herman-Friede escaped suspicion by wearing the Hitler Youth uniform of the son of the family who hid him. He knew she was Jewish but kept the secret. Another, Ruth Arndt, was a young woman who worked in a German officer's house. One of the other survivors, Cioma Schönhaus, was an art student who became an expert forger of documents. Today, Lévy is the only one of those four still living. In addition to Lévy's story, the movie focuses on the survival of three other young Jewish Berlin residents who made it through the war years. "It proved it happened and that some people were helping, and that made a difference." "These are some of the last victims of Nazism who could tell their story in a very interesting and touching way," he says. It was released in Germany in 2017 and aired on German prime-time television last week. Räfle's movie, a drama re-created around the interviews with survivors, is interspersed with footage of Berlin during the war. And I thought this is something that never happened before." Every day, someone can notice something strange about you. "They have to climb into different identities, and these stories are so full of tension and emotions because every day is full of risks," he tells NPR. There is no release date as of yet but it’s likely that it will arrive in late 2022.German director and producer Claus Räfle, a 30-year veteran of the film industry, says he made The Invisibles because he finds the stories of people who have to hide themselves in their own hometown amazing. Indeed, the official title for the Army of the Dead sequel has already been confirmed as Planet of the Dead. I won’t tell you what happens in Army of the Dead 2 - aka Planet of the Dead - but let’s just say that there’s a chance Dieter survives.” Did he get killed by Zeus or not? What happened? We don’t see him die on camera, and there’s still some time left. “… the real adventure would be to see what happened to him when that safe door closed. You may remember that we saw Dieter put his life on the line to facilitate Vanderohe’s entry into the vault.Īlthough it’s hard to imagine him surviving the threat that surrounds him, Zack Snyder himself has been sure to point out that we didn’t actually see him die while chatting with Inverse: View Tweet Will Dieter be in the Army of the Dead sequel?
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