Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Watch the panel discussion of the film My Illegal Life with author Esther Dischereit and director Gerhard Schick, moderated by Irit Bloch.
In 1942, a Jewish mother, Hella Zacharias, and her five-year-old daughter went into hiding in the Berlin underground. Through Hella's own resourcefulness and the help of others, both mother and daughter survived through the war. In My Illegal Life (Germany, 2024), writer Esther Dischereit, Hella's second-born daughter, follows the traces of her mother's and half-sister's experiences in hiding.
Watch the panel discussion of the film My Illegal Life with author Esther Dischereit and director Gerhard Schick, moderated by Irit Bloch.
In 1942, a Jewish mother, Hella Zacharias, and her five-year-old daughter went into hiding in the Berlin underground. Through Hella's own resourcefulness and the help of others, both mother and daughter survived through the war. In My Illegal Life (Germany, 2024), writer Esther Dischereit, Hella's second-born daughter, follows the traces of her mother's and half-sister's experiences in hiding.
