The movie The Devil’s Arithmetic is about a girl named Hannah Stern who’s family lives in the United States after World War ll. In the movie they travel back in time to 1942 to show Hannah her family’s past because of the fact that she doesn’t seem to care about her family’s past. In doing this, she goes through the Holocaust with her family. Of course like all historical movies there are some historical accuracies and inaccuracies, although this is a very well representation of the Holocaust. One accuracy shown in the movie is how and why Jews were killed. Nazi’s were absolutely ruthless when it came to killing Jews. For example, men tried escaping the camp, and they were immediately killed. This is the same as what happens in history because just like in the movie Jews were killed on the spot by guards at camps for trying to escape. Jews were also killed for simply breaking the rules without hesitation by Nazis. Another accuracy in this movie was the concentration camps in this movie, they were portrayed very well. Just like history, immediately after arriving at a concentration camp, they were split up and divided by gender and age. As soon as they arrived people who the Nazis did not see fit to work were killed. Along with this people …show more content…
Another inaccuracy is this movie is that when the guards were making more room for incoming workers Chaya (Hannah in 1942) and Rivkah (her friend) tried to “switch places” so that they would not both be killed. In order to do this Chaya put on Rivkah’s cap to try and trick the guards. The issue with this is that in real life they guards would not have been that gullible, and even if they caught the girls doing this they would both be killed on the spot because of how much the guards did not care about
My book The Devil's Arithmetic By Jane Yolen is about a girl named Hannah stern who is a young Jewish girl living in New Rochelle, NY. She and her family, including her parents and younger brother Aaron are to in a Seder at her grandparent's home. Hannah does not want to be at the seder. She is tired of hearing about the past and is uncomfortable listening to her Grandpa Will talk about his experiences in the concentration camp."
Since the movie is based on a true story, there aren’t very many parts that happen in the movie that never happened. The movie is extremely accurate in its portrayal of the military emotionally hardened father.
The Holocaust was one of the most devastating events to happen to us a world. On an ordinary day 1,000 people would be plucked from their everyday lives in ghettos. Over 30,000 Jewish people were arrested on Kristallnacht and taken to concentration camps. According to one source, “Over eleven million people were killed and about six million of them happened to be Jews” (“11 Facts”). Producing movies based around the Holocaust is a very controversial topic. There is the ever prominent argument on wheatear or not Holocaust based films can help us understand the different aspects of its reality.
Beautifully tragic, have you ever thought about what exactly happened during the Holocaust times. Well this review will walk you through how it was like to be taken from your home and watch it burn as you drive away, this will tell you how people who were Jews were treated just because they had a different religion. This will show the tragedies that happened leaving millions dead like they just vanished off the face of the earth.
The Holocaust was a very impressionable period of time. It not only got media attention during that time, but movies, books, websites, and other forms of media still remember the Holocaust. In Richard Brietman’s article, “Lasting Effects of the Holocaust,” he reviews two books and one movie that were created to reflect the Holocaust (BREITMAN 11). He notes that the two books are very realistic and give historical facts and references to display the evils that were happening in concentration camps during the Holocaust. This shows that the atrocities that were committed during the Holocaust have not been forgotten. Through historical writings and records, the harshness and evil that created the Holocaust will live through centuries, so that it may not be repeated again (BREITMAN 14).
The scenes, location, props, language, and wardrobe all considerably contribute to the overall film success. In my opinion, a good film has accuracy in all of the above categories. When I watched “Hidden in Silence”, I saw the attention that went into all of the details. The clothing that the actors and actresses wore matched their culture and time. The vehicles seen in the streets belonged in the time frame of the movie. When the camera showed the inside of the Diamant’s apartment, the decor and furniture depicted the correct era’s lifestyle or homelife. More scenes that showed the accuracy of the film make-up were when Fusia goes from farm to farm gathering food to smuggle into the ghettos for the Diamant family. In order to pay for all of this extra food, Fusia had to get a job. It was not as easy as it is today. She had to go through the German government to get a job in a factory (Martin). The factory scenes helped capture the everyday lives of so many people, from disguised Jews to German supporters and regular Polish people. The most impacting detail was the film’s location. “Hidden in Silence” was actually filmed in the Czech Republic (“Hidden in Silence”). This gives the movie a more European feel because of the scenery of the location. All of these tedious details are what make a film
In the novel I read which is of course Daniel’s Story is about a kid named Daniel and his family and how they try to go through life being a Jew in the WW2 era and how they have to live and how they were put in such harsh conditions and the way they were treated was awful. Just like when Daniel saw a Jewish kid no more than 12 years old being shot in both legs just because he missed a spot of dirt when sweeping. The first thing I would like to talk about is the technology used in the novel. Machine Guns were used, trains were being ridden, there was a crematoria, and in the research I have looked up all of those were historically accurate, the only thing fictional is the characters in the novel like Daniel, but of course this most likely did happen to many families and the harsh things that they were put through.
As early as age thirteen, we start learning about the Holocaust in classrooms and in textbooks. We learn that in the 1940s, the German Nazi party (led by Adolph Hitler) intentionally performed a mass genocide in order to try to breed a perfect population of human beings. Jews were the first peoples to be put into ghettos and eventually sent by train to concentration camps like Auschwitz and Buchenwald. At these places, each person was separated from their families and given a number. In essence, these people were no longer people at all; they were machines. An estimation of six million deaths resulting from the Holocaust has been recorded and is mourned by descendants of these people every day. There are, however, some individuals who claim that this horrific event never took place.
What parts of the movie seem to be historically accurate? What parts seem to be embellished?
These ideas all correlate with how we view World War II history and how Inglourious Basterds muddles our previous thoughts on how these events occurred. Many Americans have watered down the depiction of Jewish oppression during Nazi reign to swiftly round up concentration camps. What Quentin Tarantino and the Jewish film community wanted to illustrate through this film is how this is an incorrect overgeneralization. Inglourious Basterds illustrates more realistic Jewish life during Nazi reign and the constant terror they faced. This oppression was far more personal, intimate, and cordial yet brutal altercations invoked through self-defense and hatred.
Many of the characters do not even exist in the book or movie. In the book, Hannah has a little brother named Aaron when Hannah is in the present. When Hannah gets transported to the past, she sees a man walking through a field and she turns around and sees an older woman in the house. Those people are Shmuel and Gertrude. They are her aunt and uncle and they care for Hannah since her parents died. In the movie, Hannah does not have a little brother, she is an only child. When she is in the past, Gertrude is not a character and Shmuel is not her uncle. Instead, Hannah meets Rivka in the house and Ricka is Hannah’s cousin. Hannah lives with Rivka and Rivka’s mother. Hannah is also called “Chaya” in the book when she is in 1942. Hannah is just called her regular name in the movie - not her Jewish name. In the book, Shmuel gets married to a stunning woman named Fayge. However, in the movie, Shmuel gets married to Leah, who does not pay any attention to Hannah, unlike Fayge loved Hannah in the book. Hannah meets four friends at the wedding. Their names are: Rachel, Esther, Shifre, and Yente. Then, at the camp, Hannah meets Rivka, who has lived in that camp for one year and she lost all her family members except her brother, who is Grandpa Will in the book. Grandpa Will is also not a character in the movie, so that means that Rivka’s brother is also not a character. The rabbi’s son’s name
The novel takes place in 1944 when one of the world's biggest wars, World War II, is taking place.The Nazis were ran by Hitler, Hitler and the Nazis were all real people. The Nazis were a group of people who were very racist and very auditory or they’re opinions of certain things, to show how they felt they often acted brutally.
...al events. Some events that happened in the film, didn't actually happen in history. Especially the whole romantic theme, though the scenes with romance helped develop the plot of the film, and to elaborate on the film's themes and message. Although the film seems to be mostly inaccurate, it still held some historical accuracy.
...is very historically accurate because the film incorporates, characters private lives, real film and speech, and great filming technuques that highlight the previous two examples.
Many people, many kids, many lives have a hard time adjusting to something new. The Devil's Arithmetic is a story about a Jewish girl who has transformed into a whole new setting then her hometown New Rochelle, she has to adjust to living in such a different place. Although some people think Hannah is starting to show appreciation for her Jewish heritage, but we all know the right side is Hannah is not showing much change and is still rejecting her Jewish heritage.