Europa Europa — Russia
Posing as German orphan Josef Peters, Solly is sent to an elite Hitler Youth military school in East Prussia — hiding his Jewish identity while surrounded by Nazi ideology and admiring classmates.
Perel served with Wehrmacht's 12th Panzer Division as an interpreter before being sent to a Hitler Youth school in Brunswick (not East Prussia — the film takes artistic licence). He survived by concealing his circumcision and excelling at military training. His memoir, published in 1989, forms the basis of Agnieszka Holland's 1990 film.