Letter: Holocaust film was based on fact
In this Monday, July 14, 2014 photo, a right-wing Israeli holds a flag and wears a Star of David patch resembling the one Jews were forced to wear in the Nazi Germany period, during a demonstration in Jerusalem. Credit: AP
In an article that mentions the Holocaust film "Defiance," the writer describes it as "a wish fulfillment movie" .
"Wish fulfillment" refers to dreams and fantasies, not reality. The events of the film -- the Jewish Bielski brothers forming a partisan army to fight Nazis and rescue more than 1,200 Jews -- were fact, not fiction.
Emily Berkowitz, Port Washington
