The suitcase of a girl killed in the Holocaust goes on to be revered by kids around the world decades later. Like all unlikely true stories, this one was destined to be told in every medium. And indeed, the story of Hana Brady's suitcase -- or more accurately, the story of its second act -- has inspired a radio series, a best-selling children's book (translated into 20 languages and counting), a play, and a faithful, if at times, bewildering, docudrama, "Inside Hannah's Suitcase," which began a limited run in New York City theaters this Wednesday in honor of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day).
Director Larry Weinstein's story is the same one told in Karen Levine's much-loved 2002 book, "Hana's Suitcase," of how a battered suitcase landed in the hands of Fumiko Ishioka, the director of Tokyo’s Holocaust Education and Resource Centre. The intriguing words painted on the case's surface,...
Director Larry Weinstein's story is the same one told in Karen Levine's much-loved 2002 book, "Hana's Suitcase," of how a battered suitcase landed in the hands of Fumiko Ishioka, the director of Tokyo’s Holocaust Education and Resource Centre. The intriguing words painted on the case's surface,...
- 4/20/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
One of the great horrors of human history, the Holocaust is the title of millions of interlocking stories that span tragedy to comedy, despair to hope. The delivery of a battered suitcase from the Auschwitz Museum to director Fumiko Ishioka of Tokyo's Holocaust Education Resource Center marked the beginning of one of those stories. Ishioka, along with a group of young Japanese students, made it her mission to unearth the fate of the little girl whose name was painted across the suitcase front: Hana Brady. Ishioka's search for Hana's identity, and the story she discovered, is the subject of Larry Weinstein's documentary Inside Hana's Suitcase, opening in New York tomorrow, April 18th.
- 4/17/2012
- MovieMaker.com
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