Spielzeugland (2007)
9/10
toyland
23 December 2021
Warning: Spoilers
German Heinrich, whose Jewish teacher teaches the piano, and Jewish teacher's son, David are good friends. Heinrich's mother can't tell her son about the Jewish internment, so she says they will go to Toyland. One morning, Heinrich goes missing and his mother desperately looks for him. She thinks he has followed David's family. She calls his son's name on the train sent to a concentration camp. It is David, not Heinrich, who comes out.

She picks him up and goes home. His son didn't follow David's family.

The story ends with a scene where Heinrich and David are playing the piano. I was impressed by the facial expressions of the people on the freight train and the appearance that they didn't resist. I thought Heinrich's mother's actions were courageous. I was nervous when Heinrich's mother desperately searched for her son. I was surprised at the content because I could not imagine from the title Toyland.
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