A-bomb survivor speaks with survivor of Auschwitz
Nov. 11, 2010
by Yumi Kanazaki, Staff Writer
The screening of a documentary film which features a survivor of the Holocaust, perpetrated by Nazi Germany, was held at the Hiroshima Naka Regional Welfare Center on the evening of November 9. In addition, Max Manheimer, 90, in Germany, the main subject of the film, engaged in dialogue with an A-bomb survivor via video conferencing over the Internet.
The screening was organized by the Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (HANWA). Mr. Manheimer lost six members of his family at the concentration camp in Auschwitz. The 80-minute film entitled “The White Crow” follows Mr. Manheimer from 1991, the year he revisited Auschwitz, to the present.
After the screening, Hiroshi Hara, 79, a resident of Hiroshima who shares his experience of the atomic bombing with others through drawings of the A-bomb Dome, exchanged words with Mr. Manheimer, whose image was projected onto a large screen. Carolin Otto, 47, director of the film and now visiting Japan, also joined the discussion.
Mr. Hara showed a photo to Mr. Manheimer that he took when he visited Auschwitz and told him, “Your experience made me so sad it was hard to watch the film.” Mr. Manheimer then praised Mr. Hara for his efforts at rising above bitterness to share his account of the atomic bombing. He went on to say that they both have to live long lives in order to convey their experiences so that the tragedies which befell them will never be repeated. That remark was met with applause from the roughly 80 people in attendance at the screening.
(Originally published on November 11, 2010)
The screening of a documentary film which features a survivor of the Holocaust, perpetrated by Nazi Germany, was held at the Hiroshima Naka Regional Welfare Center on the evening of November 9. In addition, Max Manheimer, 90, in Germany, the main subject of the film, engaged in dialogue with an A-bomb survivor via video conferencing over the Internet.
The screening was organized by the Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (HANWA). Mr. Manheimer lost six members of his family at the concentration camp in Auschwitz. The 80-minute film entitled “The White Crow” follows Mr. Manheimer from 1991, the year he revisited Auschwitz, to the present.
After the screening, Hiroshi Hara, 79, a resident of Hiroshima who shares his experience of the atomic bombing with others through drawings of the A-bomb Dome, exchanged words with Mr. Manheimer, whose image was projected onto a large screen. Carolin Otto, 47, director of the film and now visiting Japan, also joined the discussion.
Mr. Hara showed a photo to Mr. Manheimer that he took when he visited Auschwitz and told him, “Your experience made me so sad it was hard to watch the film.” Mr. Manheimer then praised Mr. Hara for his efforts at rising above bitterness to share his account of the atomic bombing. He went on to say that they both have to live long lives in order to convey their experiences so that the tragedies which befell them will never be repeated. That remark was met with applause from the roughly 80 people in attendance at the screening.
(Originally published on November 11, 2010)
