Empty Boxcars Summary

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Dear Galina, I recently received your letter and am gladly willing to share with you the tragic but ultimately wonderful and inspiring depiction of the Bulgarian Jews deportation in Empty Boxcars. It is a shame that this documentary is not available for your own eyes as words can only do it so much justice however I will do my best to transcend these literary restrictions. The documentary begins with a friendly depiction of the Bulgarian people, showing their love for instruments, particularly violins along with their rich cultural traditions and love for life. Quickly, however Empty Boxcars changes tones and lists several historical facts including the Nazi’s Third Reich which was declared in 1933, meant to last a thousand years however fortunately only lasted twelve. It goes on to tell how Hitler was declared chancellor of Germany in 1933 by President Von Hindenberg and then in 1934, only hours after Von Hindenberg’s death, Hitler swiftly declared himself president of Germany. Our reluctant, Bulgarian hero King Boris the III is quoted in the documentary saying Hitler has, “all kinds of projects, and ambitions to which he expresses with brutal practice and will strive to achieve with nothing holding him back and without any doubt.” Later on, the infamous, “Law for the Protection of the Nation,” is mentioned which was implemented by German Nazi’s in Bulgaria depriving several Bulgarian Jews of their property, stripped them from their professions, charged a global tax on everything they owned and ultimately forced them to move into ghetto areas of their community. Several Bulgarian men and women are shown in the documentary viciously arguing that their ancestors, friends and current family had lived and died in Bulgaria and are repulsed at the fact they were made to be aliens of the nation under this new law. Unfortunately despite all the opposition in
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