Prisoner A26188 Henia Bryer.

We watched this film because it was holocaust remorial week. It was the first time it had been shown because of this i wasnt sure what to expect from it. I found it very moving and quite distsressing, this was because i knew it was her real life story and that the horrific things she was describing actually happened to her. She described the action of the jews having their heads shaved however she only had hers cut shorter. She explained that this was because she did not look like a jew, she resembled a german girl with blue eyes and fair hair. They had their heads shaved in a act of dehumanisation, this was to take away the jews identity and make them all the same. This was also done by making them all wear a striped uniforn, they were stripped naked making them feel shame and embarrassment. The use of the nazi propoganda making the jews look like animals with hellish features, this made the germans scared of them thinking they would hurt them.