Tangled Roots
Immigration
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1h 6m
Directed by Heidi Schmidt Emberling • Documentary • 2001 • 66 minutes
Through intimate interviews with both her Jewish relatives in America and her German Lutheran relatives abroad, the director discovers a rich family tapestry spanning three continents, shaped by war, courage, prejudice, and fear. Tangled Roots gives a personal voice to a rarely-heard minority, a generation of German children branded forever by their parent's actions during the war. The film also gives an original voice to the countless Jewish friends and family changed forever by the horrors of the Holocaust. Because there are few films that explore the lives of the first generation of Germans to grow up in the aftermath of World War II in Germany, Tangled Roots becomes a critical work in the ongoing dialogue between the Jewish and German communities.
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