jazzeum
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The difference in approach is that BoB was believable and you felt as if you were watching the actual events unfolding whereas Generation War strained credulity in how the five friends kept running into each other, not to mention when the Russian Jewish Doctor that Charlotte betrays reappears with victorious Russians; she would have been shot in reality. At that point it developed into melodrama whereas BoB never did. I also had a bit of a problem in how it painted these Germans as victims. Most, in my view, were willing participants in their country's actions.
Regarding the Polish resistance, I thought the production was a little heavy handed but otherwise had no issues for it. Eastern Europeans, as a whole, were rather anti-Semitic. How it is today I have no idea. Much better I expect.
However, notwithstanding some of the problems with the production, it succeeded because it got Germans talking to their relatives about what happened in the War and that's a positive thing. I also liked how it touched on certain themes, albeit briefly, such as rape and the Allies' use of former Nazis after the War.
Regarding the Polish resistance, I thought the production was a little heavy handed but otherwise had no issues for it. Eastern Europeans, as a whole, were rather anti-Semitic. How it is today I have no idea. Much better I expect.
However, notwithstanding some of the problems with the production, it succeeded because it got Germans talking to their relatives about what happened in the War and that's a positive thing. I also liked how it touched on certain themes, albeit briefly, such as rape and the Allies' use of former Nazis after the War.
