That's not me. The students of Castlemont had been thrust into a dizzying adult world of bigotry and bylines. It was clear the administration had to respond publicly. Other families feel the opposite. Bulgarien (bulgarisch [bg'arij]; amtliche Bezeichnung seit 1990 Republik Bulgarien, bulgarisch ) ist eine Republik in Sdosteuropa mit etwa 6,5 Millionen Einwohnern. Today's program is about what happens when you come across some historical facts presented by people who want you to learn those facts, either from a marker on the side of the road, or maybe a film, or in the case of this next act, a museum. She'd never seen the speech before. I mean, I want to know was your main purpose in portraying yourself through the streets of my city where you have cut welfare, education, and many young futures, like mine--. On July 30, German soldiers discovered Zygmunt's parents and Renia hiding in the attic and executed them. Note: This American Life is produced for the ear and designed to be heard. Currently, Dr. Dumitru is working on two projects. As soon as they got there, they noticed that almost all of the other patrons were white. It's something lots of kids of color learn in lots of ways, but these kids learned it all of a sudden in a really public way. I didn't want to duck and hide, I wanted to run straight into the absurdity and horror and feel every bit of the righteous indignation and come out the other side raw. You know? I'm Ira Glass. There never will be-- just this theatrically lit Ikea warehouse behind a pane of glass. She's Jamaican-Indian. She had roles in the films Simple Men (1992), Schindler's List (1993), Amateur (1994), Nadja (1994) and The Wisdom of Crocodiles (1998). Yeah, they've seen a lot of violence, but when you see it, it's not a laughing matter. [2012]. It was not our intention to offend anyone. In the years 19281931 she worked in the Directorate of Public Works of the Provincial Office in Krakw[2] with two other architects, Zdzisaw Kowalski and Adam Moscheni. But I have now become satisfied that they are not unfriendly toward us, but that they wish us well. Long shots with nobody talking, and you don't know what's going on. - Sergeant! Transcripts are generated using a combination of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain errors. Yes. Yeah. Never once during this press conference did the principal or any of the teachers make a statement. As well as providing a reminder of "history's darkest days", Prince Charles said the portraits would show "humanity's interconnectedness, as we strive to create a better world for our children . And the guy simply pulled out his gun and shot her. I was just like, wait a minute. That morning, most of them crowded onto a single bus and headed to the Grand Lake Theatre, this beautiful classic movie house in town. JSTREETPAC Board Member. The Life Summary of Diana. Contact Diana Querrey & Harrow 175 West Jackson Boulevard Chicago, IL, 60604 Diana Marie Reiter 10843 Frank Ln Orland Park, IL, 60467-4601 View 1 other location Reviews Write A Review Not yet reviewed. In the News. This is the Maafa. If not--Nathaniel Osborne. They wanted to learn about that. I mean, yeah. I mean, first of all, super sad. Thanks, as always, to our program's cofounder, Mr. Torey Malatia. And it explains that the Trail of Tears led thousands of Creek Indians through Tuscaloosa, back when it was the capital of Alabama, on their way to the West as they were being driven from that part of the country. One guest teacher explained that racism has 54 components to it. : But now that I'm an adult, I could see why people were clapping. And I absolutely, when I heard about this incident--. After the newspaper articles, a barrage of angry phone calls flooded into Castlemont High School, many of them from the local Jewish community. I think it's safe to assume this particular fact stood out to this girl because Jews were suddenly a trending topic at her school. Oh! I get that. Yes. Today, she's a teacher. We have all that. So we begin with a bunch of students who were taken on a field trip to learn about the past. This time, it was unannounced-- no media. He found the primary source for us knowing about it-- the only source-- a newspaper article in The Huntsville Democrat in 1835. The exhibition tells the story of one family's experiences during the Holocaust from the perspective of a boy growing up in Nazi Germany. The staff wasn't alone in pushing this theory. All we did was get kicked out of the theater. And I would just be like, hi, how are you? It's This American Life. They were furious. My name is Diana Reiter. Here's what she said to the governor of California. Read reviews from world's largest community for readers. This is all I have to say.". Ah, an educated Jew like Karl Marx himself. My sister's profile has incorrect information in it that we'd never signed off on or even seen. 15? Much criticism of 'Schindler's List' centers around respect for victims of the Holocaust. An anguished Zygmunt, who had held onto the diary during Renia's brief time in hiding . Gentiles' willingness to assist Jews was greater in lands that had been under Soviet. Due to the economic situation, she was dismissed at the end of 1931. I would have been like, what is that? And it's like, my emotions, I was like, how do I handle that? He said that he understood what happened, and that he didn't blame us, and that we were just kids, and that we weren't anti-Semitic, and that the situation just in and of itself was just really, really bad. Is this a documentary? Book Depository is the world's most international online bookstore offering over 20 million books with free delivery worldwide. As directed by Hitler's Nazi party, the Holocaust, also known as the Shoah in Hebrew, is a term to describe the genocide of Jews and other minorities during World War II. I can feel the sweat that went into making this not seem tacky, of wanting to show respect, but also wanting to show every last bit of carnage and visceral whomp to justify the $24 price of admission. Tanzania didn't even know back then what anti-Semitic meant. This American Life is produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago and delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange. He chose which Jewish girl to be his maid? Vera Santospirito. The last lines . Well, I was in one of those classes, and what they were talking about was basically how slave ships were owned by Jews. I mean, to be quite honest, you have the governor there, Mr. Pete Wilson, who was also "Mr Budget-Cut Governor." The four chaperones sat in the front-- four of them for 70 kids. Especially this part, "In time gone by, I have thought that the white men wanted to bring burden and ache of heart among my people in driving them from their homes and yoking them with laws they do not understand. What about the Trail of Tears, or slavery, or colonialism? - Shoot her. It gave us-- it gave me relief. Our senior producer, Brian Reed, was spending a lot of time in Alabama a few years back doing reporting. She emigrated to the US after the death of Elina's father. This often includes analyzing stories from the news or the worlds of celebrities and pop culture to recognize the threads relevant to what they are learning in their classes. Whose perspective is that? The kid inquired, well, why not? Yeah. You know? Her mother was a dancer in Bucharest. Coming up, a memorial you didn't want to visit dedicated to an event you wish never happened-- what you can learn from that. And to me, that laid an impression upon me. Other news organizations picked up the story as a theater-going version of a hate crime, that dozens of black and Latino kids in Oakland were cheering on the murder of Jewish people. And instead of it being used as a time of enlightenment, it just breeded more ignorance. And the annoyance is tempered by the realization that non-participation in the pageantry has its drawbacks. He gave this speech. So I went into the projection room and I told projectionist, I said, stop the film. Commander! Plays Fool in "King Lear" play by William Shakespeare, adapted by Royston Coppenger (The Brewery Arts Complex, Los Angeles, California, USA). Who played me? Well, today on our program, we have two stories about people who bump into unsettling facts from history. B.A. There were dozens of presentations about a variety of topics. And like you said, the one student was like, oh wow, that was cold. And I would run into-- like, all of these government people that worked for education was there. But I also see-- wait a minute-- but I also see the entire political fiasco as an opportunity to vent the anger, and the spite, and the animosity I feel toward your entire time in office. 617.349.8970. direiter@lesley.edu. When Spielberg tells you to do something, you do it. By Bernd Reiter, Published on 07/31/19. 17-year-old Nathaniel, who you heard earlier, was in a crisp white shirt and black necktie. Hujar Tanzania was there. Nathanial Osborne was a senior when he went on the field trip. The events of the day have already been exploited and sold in ways previously incomprehensible. No, I take that back. No. He told me to go back to Africa. They leave almost instantly, and I can now see what is on the other side of the window-- aisles of dark-stained wood cabinets of rosewood or teak, maybe, floor to ceiling, lit by small, overhead spotlights. Unterscharfhrer! It was actually a school holiday-- January 17, Martin Luther King Day. And I was thinking the same thing in my head. Tucked away off to the side, behind an unmarked door, it is overseen by the medical examiner's office. Prisoners sent to the camp as hostages, or with their files marked "return not desired" or "do not transfer," were killed in Auschwitz. Or so they thought. Who played me? BA Parker has worked on our show, and she also incidentally used to be a film professor, and she tells what happened. I witnessed Diana Reiter get shot. And these people in the lobby, some of them told Allen they were family of Holocaust survivors. : That was an appropriate reaction. 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 She represents clients in product liability, mass tort, environmental, and commercial litigation in state and federal court, as well as in white collar investigations. Date: 5 April 2021: Source: Own work: Author: Zygmunt Put: This is a photo of an object of cultural heritage inscribed in the registry of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship with number 3979 GEZ Krakw. And if I did, I didn't know they were Jewish. What I will say is, I remember just kids just being frustrated, and saying things, and not really having a clear understanding of what they're saying. And it's artsy in the beginning, almost impenetrable. Yeah, so she reacted to the same thing in the speech that I reacted to. Our program was produced today by Nadia Reiman and Chana Joffe-Walt. The general or the guy in charge there--. It is based on Schindler's Ark, a 1982 book by Thomas Keneally. No, they were just saying white people. All of the sudden, it was like, oh, are you Jewish? Company Credits By Bernd Reiter, Published on 07/31/19. Sometimes, what you get from that experience is very different from what is intended, which brings us to Act Two of our program. But something snapped while reading about the gift shop. Let me just say that--. But yeah, it was a gentleman. And that was horrible and heartbreaking and difficult enough without the extra weight. The program to teach Schindler's List to high school students spread across the country. I let out a loud, sharp laugh. After the TSA-style security check, complete with body scan, there's a dark corridor with word clouds and photographs projected onto tower-like pillars, while disembodied voices tell snippets of stories about the morning-- an overture warning us about the symphony ahead. After the death of her father, a Holocaust survivor, her mother emigrated to the United States with her, where her mother went on a hunger strike to get a visa for her. This is America. Photos and Memories (0) Do you know Diana? And every time I went back to Tuscaloosa, which was a number of times, I would go, at some point during the trip, walk over and read it again. And I said, would the class field trip from Castlemont School please assemble in the lobby? They were tired of talking about how ignorant they were. How did it feel to hear that from an adult? Join Facebook to connect with Diana Reiter and others you may know. Hall C3, C4, North Entrance +49 89 949 21124. Just a handful of kids were allowed to ask questions, and the questions were vetted and approved by the adults. And what I remember was that all the politicians and dignitaries were there and got their seats in the front. Where are the subtitles? It got her out of Auschwitz. Let's get the kids to apologize. Diana E. Reiter Partner New York Tel +1 212.836.7452 diana.reiter@arnoldporter.com vCard Diana Reiter's practice focuses on complex civil litigation. School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies Faculty Publications. I felt embarrassed. Those who stayed in the theater were shushed several times by the other patrons and also an usher and a chaperone. The president addressing the nation and vowing steely, determined revenge. But Tanzania told me and my producer, Sean Cole, that, as the students walked out of the theater, the audience definitely knew it. A Zionist Jew-- Steven Spielberg is a Zionist Jew. I'm Ira Glass. Now they were fed up and defensive. Like, OK, that's a bit much. This is to Governor Wilson. Tracy Wilson wore a dark navy dress with puffy shoulders and brass buttons, looking like someone much older than she was. Menu. I was very confused when I read the speech because--. They got an hour-long lesson on the basics before the field trip, but that was it. This American Life is delivered to public radio stations by PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. Two years later, their only child, Edith, was born. He tells me my family is welcome whenever the museum is open and leads me to a cramped, dark space but does not follow. So but the people who are Creek, what did they make of it? Let's go-- stand up, ladies and gentlemen. And maybe I learned something, but I didn't feel anything. In 19321934 she worked in the office of Kazimierz Kulczyski, making architectural drawings.[3]. Did this even happen? And just quickly, there was something else about the scene-- the way the actress fell after she was shot. One of the kids asked Spielberg, have you ever made a movie about the Black Holocaust, about slavery? A man exits one of the confessionals, sees me, shakes his head and says, "Amazing idea." Oh, are you guys on a field trip? But it wasn't like-- you have to understand that a lot of the kids didn't really differentiate Jewish people from all white people, so they weren't necessarily saying, oh, all Jews are blah. Governor Wilson and his policies seemed like a direct threat to things that really mattered to her. Oh, we're just here for the day. Raised in Austria's second largest city, he loved the outdoors, especially skiing in the Alps. 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Well, I remember I was seeing a movie that was in black and white. That's when I remember a lot of students were like, oh! Diana Reiter is on Facebook. Find New York attorney Diana Reiter in their New York office. And one morning he went for a jog near his hotel-- he was in Tuscaloosa-- and he got to this park. Let's talk about the Black Holocaust. He started sharing it with people who usually had just as strong a reaction as he had-- reactions of various kinds. What does that mean? Diana Reiter [Reiterwna] was a Polish architect of Jewish descent, one of the first female architects in Krakw. Four of the students from the field trip, who were also members of the student council, sat at a table in front of news cameras. Back then, what did we say? I was also a black teenager who went to the movies with her friends, and there was always a feeling of being policed or policing yourself if you're young, brown, and carefree in a white space. What is that word? It was her overdramatizing being shot. I didn't do anything. To the management and patrons at the Grand Lake Theatre and anyone else who was offended by our actions, we apologize for any discomfort and pain we may have caused you. Allen asked the manager what was going on. Yeah, I'm doing mine. Tracy again. It looks unnatural. And then it was over. Ah, an educated Jew, like Karl Marx himself. We leave behind our goodwill to the people of Alabama who build the great houses and to the men who make the laws. There'd been a huge earthquake in California the day before-- 6.7 magnitude. And I said, wait a minute. It was cold. While riding in a car one day, I complained that I was freezing since the top to the car was down. DIANA DUMITRU: I did a study of why some people harmed and others helped Jews during the Holocaust in Romania. And I also think it's very important that that incident that happened-- and by the way, I was thrown out of Ben-Hur when I was a kid for talking, so you know, I kind of know what that was like, I think. But also, I read it and reread it, and I just wondered, is this speech kind of subversive in some way? Always extra ice. Defenders of 'Schindler's List' often point to the twofold goals of Holocaust commemoration. In any Balkan country the names . She's just trying to try to let them know that they're doing something incorrectly. Reiter was portrayed by Elina Lwensohn in the 1993 film Schindler's List, in which she is shot by Amon Goeth after an argument over the foundations of the barracks being built improperly. I see your visit to Oakland, a city plagued with poverty, from different views. Hi. In the chaotic last months of 2001, my father wrote letters to newspapers asking simply that the press stop calling his daughter a hero. It also occurs to me that I am the only person here alone. As Vice Chair for Social . I've been there a bunch. Schindler's List is a 1993 American movie set in World War II, and directed by Steven Spielberg. Bjoern.Lanna@messe-muenchen.de. Anisa Rasheed taught English and African History at Castlemont at the time. In the early 1930s Ernst became a Jehovah's Witness. Few Holocaust survivors attach any meaning to camp life itself. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. I will see all his movies. A lot of kids were like, oh, my God. I was like, wow. And Spielberg said, well, maybe I will. I brought my wife one time. But to be fair, they hadn't witnessed the full spectrum of the pain and suffering of the Jewish people yet. Maafa is another word for the African Holocaust. What was the name of the boy who put Danka Dresner and her mother into the 'good line' even though Danka didn't have a blue sticker? At 14, Tracy felt the same way. 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