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The German Program and The German Club Thursdays 7- 9 pm BSC 343, Student Projects for German 350 Fall 2008 |
| Sept. 4: Black
Book (Zwartboek, 2006)
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.  |
| Oct. 2: Twin
Sisters (De Tweeling, 2002)
1920s Germany. Two Sisters aged six years, no sooner see their remaining parent buried when they are torn apart. Lotte goes to live with her upper middle class Dutch aunt in Holland, Anna to work as a farm hand on her German uncle's rural farm. The story follows their lives as they try to reconcile their differences while World War II impacts each of them differently  |
Oct. 30: As
Far as my Feet will carry me (2001): As prisoner of war Clemens Forell,
a German soldier during WW II, is sentenced to a labour camp in far east
Siberia...
Thursday Nov. 20, 7-9 pm BSC 343 
A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine |
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Student Projects for German 350 Fall 2008 |
Nov. 11 Downfall: Traudl Junge (Lara), the final secretary
for Adolf Hitler (Ganz), tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his
Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.
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Nov. 18 Das Boot: This is the story of 42 raw recruits
caught up in a war they do not understand, and the Captain who must lead
them in their struggle to survive
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| Dec. 02 Enemy at the Gates. 7-9pm BSC 336
Two Russian and German snipers play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.  |