Since the Simon Goldberg character was based on Victor Klemperer, how could Jews remain free until that late part of WW2? When he took those letters around with him and handed it to the one lady with her child beside her I couldn't figure that part out. Could someone enlighten me? I think it was a great movie considering it was made for TV in Germany at least according to the info here.
If you look up Victor Klemperer in Wikipedia you find the following ...
On 2-13-45, the day preceding the night bombing of Dresden, Klemperer assisted in delivering notices of deportation to some of the last remaining members of the Jewish community in Dresden. Fearful that he too would soon be sent to his death, he used the confusion created by Allied bombings that night to remove his yellow star, join a refugee column, and escape into American-controlled territory.
I know a lot about WW2 and this is very surprising to me. I was under the impression that by February 1945 there were no Jews walking around any German city, let alone Dresden. Sure there were those in hiding but not out in the open or even semi-open.
Klemperer is an important figure in Post WW2 Germany. He was highly literate and he kept an extensive diary of his life within Nazi Germany (1933-45). This diary is available on Amazon in English and is considered an important historical document. He and his Aryan wife Ava are buried in Dresden. It is good that he was memorialized in the film.
They should make a movie about him alone!