'Solomon Perel was born in Peine, Germany, in 1925, the youngest child of a Polish-Jewish shoe merchant. He survived World War II first in a Soviet orphanage (1938-41), then by posing as an Aryan at the most prestigious and elite Hitler youth school in Germany. The only giveaway sign of his Jewish identity was his circumcised penis, which he had to keep hidden at all costs. (At one point, he even made an amateurish and painful surgical attempt to “uncircumcise” himself.) After the war, he emigrated to Palestine as a Jew. At the end of "Europa, Europa" — director Agnieszka Holland’s adaptation of Perel’s autobiography — the real Solomon Perel tells us, “When I had sons, I didn’t hesitate to circumcise them.” The film concludes by showing us Perel today, at age 65, in Israel, singing a familiar Hebrew song...'

the above extract from the article i found here somehow sums up the extraordinary story of solomon perel depicted by agnieszka holland in her 'europa, europa'.. i'm not going to write much as i'm simply short of words to come up with anything substantial on what the film deals with.. come round to watch one of those movies that seen once remain engraved on one's mind forever..

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