Re: [Cz-L] Into The Nothing

Sorry for not reading until the end of Christian's posting. It is a great movie!

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> On Dec 28, 2014, at 3:05 PM, Christian Herrmann <cyberorange_at_gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I know it's a bit off-topic as Trochenbrod was not part of Bukovina and not even part of Galicia. It was located north of the city of Lutsk in Volhynia (Volyn). But some of you responded to my last mail and showed interest in this topic.
>
> Trochenbrod (Trachimbrod, Sofiyovka) was an all-Jewish town that was completely wiped out. Not a single stone has been preserved from a place with formerly 6,000 residents. Nevertheless Trochenbrod has a unique afterlife – the place became famous through Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel “Everything Is Illuminated” and the film adaptation by the same title. Like many others, I thought Trochenbrod was fiction. But Trochenbrod existed and I went there today.
>
> http://vanishedworld.wordpress.com/2014/12/28/into-the-nothing/
>
> Warm wishes from cold Lutsk,
> Christian
>

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