Yesterday evening we saw the film “Karol: A Man Who Became Pope” from 2005 in the Parish House. It was a film night organised by the local Student Parish. I didn’t have high expectations of the film, I only sat there because I helped organising the whole thing, not because I think that a film about Karol Wojtyila would be interesting. But I have to say that I had to revise that idea completely after watching. I never thought I would leave the Parish House inspired like I did!
I was so sucked into it that I totally forgot where I was, I felt I was part of the story. The quality of the story telling is that good. The story starts in 1939 wen the Germans occupy Poland, we see how this historical event influenced the then 19 year old Karol. He witnessed all the suffering, horror, and oppression from close by, he saw how people were transported to concentration camps, he even lost some close Jewish friends during the Holocaust. It’s not hard to imagine this must have had a deep impact on the late pope’s personality. And one would hope life would get better after the Germans left in 1944. It didn’t.
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