'Back to the Fatherland': Film Review

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Kat Rohrer and Gil Levanon's doc talks to the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors about the complicated appeal of Germany and Austria.

How many generations need to pass before descendants of a persecuted group feel at ease around the descendants of the group who persecuted them? It's a question with universal relevance — an American might ask it every time she steps onto the street or watches the news. But inKat Rohrer and Gil Levanon make it seem practically navel-gazey, a question for young Israelis to ask when they want to seek economic and cultural opportunities in Germany or Austria.

The doc introduces two more pairs of grandparents and offspring; in both cases, the grandsons are already living abroad. Guy, in Salzburg, seems burdened by a fear that the world's rightward shifts will make his home unlivable — specifically, he worries that Arab immigrants will get anti-Jewish laws passed. Dan, in Berlin, seemingly has no such fear: He fled Israel out of disapproval for what he describes as "Apartheid.

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