In the Country of My Parents
"Had it not been for Hitler, I would have been born a German-Jewish child, more German than Jewish, in a small village in the South of Germany. But as it happened, I was born in Argentina, my mothertongue is Spanish. I came to Germany 17 years ago." It is here, where author and director Jeanine Meerapfel starts searching for her own Jewish identity, being confronted time and time again with Federal Republic reality.
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In the Country of My Parents
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
Oct 7, 1981
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
Im Land meiner Eltern
Production Companies
WDR
Director
Jeanine Meerapfel
Description
"Had it not been for Hitler, I would have been born a German-Jewish child, more German than Jewish, in a small village in the South of Germany. But as it happened, I was born in Argentina, my mothertongue is Spanish. I came to Germany 17 years ago." It is here, where author and director Jeanine Meerapfel starts searching for her own Jewish identity, being confronted time and time again with Federal Republic reality.
