“MR. AND MRS. HERMANN”‘
Can there be humanity in the horror of war? Can two people in a context of Nazi madness offer crumbs of love? Can an avowed Nazi, serving Adolf Hitler, offer a fresh apple cake to a Czech-Jewish pianist? Can two children, a Jewish child and a child whose father is a Nazi, coexist and share their joy in play?
The 10th episode of the radio series “Silent Tracks” presents a very moving story featuring great pianist Alice Herz-Sommer and a German officer, Herr Hermann. On the eve of her deportation to Theresienstadt, Alice receives an unexpected visit and an unexpected gift. But the bitter road of separation from the life she once had and what she had known until now was already open before her. Nothing would be the same on the dawn of the next day, that November Friday of 1943.
Research, documentation, presentation: Thomas Sideris – journalist, Ph.D. in Social Geography
