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Jutka's silence; UVA Supplement - Schindler's List


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Dec 26, 2012   #1
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103277. Those six numbers on Aunt Jutka's left arm differed her from all the other Jews in Auschwitz; however, for a long time, I did not know what they were. As a child, I remember her telling us stories of life before and after the war, but never of the time in between, her time in the camp. For years I wanted to ask her about the war, about the numbers, but something in me knew I shouldn't.

When I first viewed Stephen Spielberg's epic drama Schindler's List, I finally understood Jutka's silence. I had known about the Holocaust and the atrocities that were done; however, I could not picture them. The film brought history to life and showed me some of the horrors that Jutka was a witness to. It scared me to think that something so atrocious had once happened, but the film also instilled in me a curiosity about my heritage.

I began to talk to my family about our eventful past. I helped my grandfather begin his memoirs about his escape from Nazi-controlled Budapest and I aided my uncle in creating a family tree dating back generations. I tried talking to Jutka about her experience at Auschwitz and, though she was reluctant, she opened up about how she survived the two years at the camp. I learned, in fact, that Spielberg interviewed her for the movie! Schindler's List may have disturbed me but it also opened up the opportunity to learn more about my family's history.


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