By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel—
On the International Holocaust Day 2021, in the midst of the total global paralysis caused by covid, The Daily Mail published an extraordinary material with a telling headline: A Paradise in Hell, and portraying a private life of the family of the Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess in the WWII’s worst fabric of death’ close proximity. The exclusive material written by the Daily Mail history correspondent Harry Howard was illustrated by also exclusive photos belonging to a well-known historian Ian Baxter, the author of over 50 books on the subjects of military history. Mr Baxter personally took those photos while in Poland, and the photos from the Hoess house did come from a special private excursion all over the place, which is still inhabited ( which is beyond my perception’s capacity), provided to the British historian by the owner of the house at the time, which was 2007.
Later on, in 2016, also at the International Holocaust Day, Ian Baxter published the book called Images of War. Auschwitz Death Camp, which isba collection of over 250 very telling photos and detailed captions for them, bringing the images of the inhumanity of the Nazis very graphically and explicitly.
This is at that time, in the covid-striken paralysed world, in 2021, that British Mr Glazer started his project known now as In the Zone of Interest film. Or rather it has been known like that, respectfully, until yesterday. Until the Oscar 2024 night, in which the film was awarded as the Best Foreign Film, with gaining the second Oscar for the Best Sound. But from now on, after Mr Glazer’s accepting speech, his endeavour will be known as a shame. Total, stupid, false, and cowardice failure. Reprehensible deed which devalued his actually good film to the ground and which destroyed his and his film’s reputation completely and for good. Such are the price of people’s choices and people’s deeds. Continue Reading…
