The Glass Cage
Many murders happen in front of three people's eyes: the killer, the victim, and a third
person who is an eyewitness. The eyewitness is able to come to the victim’s aid in only a
very small number of these cases. We can call the eyewitness ‘the third man’.
In 1941, about 184,000 Jews lived in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. During the
German occupation (from March of 1944), the Hungarian fascist Arrow Cross Party came
to power and carried out violent attacks against the Jews. They were shot and thrown
into the Danube River. Tens of thousands of Jews died on death marches from Budapest
to Austria. The Arrow Cross then searched for Jews across the city and murdered them.
The ending of the Second World War Budapest was the only large city in Europe where a
substantial number of Jews avoided extermination. In all, about 100,000 Jews survived
in Budapest.
Two points of view are the prime focus: first, DAVID GUR, a member of the Hungarian
Zionist Movement, and second, CHARLES LUTZ, the Swiss diplomat.
David Gur’s motivation was to save human lives even if this had to be done illegally. In
the story of David Gur we come to know the greatest and most skillful document forger
in Europe.
Lutz wanted the same outcomes, but achieved in legal ways.†The Lutz story can take us
inside the secret life of diplomats, and the labyrinth in which were built up the moral and
the political elements in this critical situation.
A Swiss diplomat, Charles Lutz, in collaboration with the Hungarian Zionist Movement,
established a place to save lives. This place was the Glass House, an glass factory in
Budapest, no. 29 Vadász street, where worked the rescuers. Their aim were same, but
the tools were contrary.
Although the final result was successful, but wasn’t the end of this story.
After WW2 Lutz’s homeland punished him for breaking the rule of diplomatic neutrality,
because he used his diplomatic powers to aid Jewish people, against the aims of the
Nazis. And the Hungarian Zionist Movement also suffered when world Jewish
organizations called them to account because they had not risen up in the same way as
had their fellow sufferers in Poland.
The Glass House turned into cage. Is it the cage of the deficiency of the honorable
mention. Because of this is talking the film about GLASS CAGE STORY.
person who is an eyewitness. The eyewitness is able to come to the victim’s aid in only a
very small number of these cases. We can call the eyewitness ‘the third man’.
In 1941, about 184,000 Jews lived in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. During the
German occupation (from March of 1944), the Hungarian fascist Arrow Cross Party came
to power and carried out violent attacks against the Jews. They were shot and thrown
into the Danube River. Tens of thousands of Jews died on death marches from Budapest
to Austria. The Arrow Cross then searched for Jews across the city and murdered them.
The ending of the Second World War Budapest was the only large city in Europe where a
substantial number of Jews avoided extermination. In all, about 100,000 Jews survived
in Budapest.
Two points of view are the prime focus: first, DAVID GUR, a member of the Hungarian
Zionist Movement, and second, CHARLES LUTZ, the Swiss diplomat.
David Gur’s motivation was to save human lives even if this had to be done illegally. In
the story of David Gur we come to know the greatest and most skillful document forger
in Europe.
Lutz wanted the same outcomes, but achieved in legal ways.†The Lutz story can take us
inside the secret life of diplomats, and the labyrinth in which were built up the moral and
the political elements in this critical situation.
A Swiss diplomat, Charles Lutz, in collaboration with the Hungarian Zionist Movement,
established a place to save lives. This place was the Glass House, an glass factory in
Budapest, no. 29 Vadász street, where worked the rescuers. Their aim were same, but
the tools were contrary.
Although the final result was successful, but wasn’t the end of this story.
After WW2 Lutz’s homeland punished him for breaking the rule of diplomatic neutrality,
because he used his diplomatic powers to aid Jewish people, against the aims of the
Nazis. And the Hungarian Zionist Movement also suffered when world Jewish
organizations called them to account because they had not risen up in the same way as
had their fellow sufferers in Poland.
The Glass House turned into cage. Is it the cage of the deficiency of the honorable
mention. Because of this is talking the film about GLASS CAGE STORY.