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True
Stories:
Outwitting Hitler
Thursday,
June 5, at 10pm. ABC TV
Reviewer: Cpl Alisha Welch
The
story of how Holocaust survivor Marian Pretzel outwitted Hitler
is fascinating, although typical of the WW2 genre.
Old
footage and pictures mixed with modern-day interviews is a
traditional way to recreate an historical story and there
is one reason for this – it works.
This
episode of True Stories explains to viewers how Pretzel, who
has lived in Australia for more than 50 years, survived WW2
and the Nazi’s persecution of the Jews by using his artistic
skills to forge Nazi documents.
Pretzel
proved so good at falsifying identity documents, birth certificates
and travel visas that he managed to ride aboard German troop
trains, sleep in Nazi barracks, obtain work in German factories
and even socialise with Nazi soldiers. In one interview he
stated, “I could draw the German eagle blindfolded, even
after all these years ... It’s terrible what humans can
do to other humans.”
Despite
the rather annoying American voice-over – especially
in the way “Aoorstralia” is pronounced – this
show is definitely worth watching, and not only by those with
an interest in WW2 and the Holocaust.
Outwitting
Hitler is a story of survival, mental strength and the madness
of humanity.
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