Europa Europa. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1990 book, Europa, Europa
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Europa, Europa
Solomon Perel, 1990
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Agnieszka Holland, 1990

Solek and his family live in Nazi Germany. On the eve of Solek’s bar mitzvah, Kristallnacht occurs. He escapes, naked, and hides in a barrel. At night, he asks an acquaintance to bring him clothes from his house. She refuses but throws him a leather jacket with a swastika armband. He returns home to his family but his sister is dead, killed by Nazis. His father, who was born in Łódź, Poland, decides to move back there.


Munich. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1984 book, Vengeance
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Vengeance
George Jonas, 1984
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Steven Spielberg, 2005

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the Palestinian terrorist group Black September kills 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team. Avner Kaufman, a Mossad agent of German-Jewish descent, is chosen to lead a mission to assassinate 11 Palestinians allegedly involved in the massacre.


The Cement Garden. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1978 book
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The Cement Garden
Ian McEwan, 1978
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Andrew Birkin, 1993

Jack is a narcissistic 15-year-old boy, helping his father, a smoker with a persistent cough, unload large bags of cement to resurface the garden path of their post-war era prefab house. Jack’s mother is taken ill and becomes bedridden and frail, prompting Jack and Julie to take control of the household.