New Czech Reality Show: Surviving the Nazi Occupation

[AmateisGal]

Well now. I thought I couldn't be surprised anymore, but apparently I was wrong.

Reality TV: Nazi-Occupation Style
By Jonathan Zalman

Czech family must survive for two months under re-created WWII conditions, complete with Gestapo

ometimes, life provides a person with sheer clarity, such as the understanding that reality TV has, in fact, become the nadir of entertainment; it’s the very subway floor of human creation. But now, mankind has reached a new low: a Czech reality show, which will premiere on May 23, will feature a family trying to live under Nazi occupation for two months. The Telegraph reports:

Called “Holiday in the Protectorate,” in reference to the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the puppet state set up in the Czech lands following the Nazi dismemberment of Czechoslovakia in 1939, the show places the family of three generations on a farm decked out in furniture from 76 years ago.

There they will have to deal with food shortages, Gestapo informers and intimidation by German soldiers, all played by actors, while period clothing and the use of rare original currency add to the wartime atmosphere.

So what’s in it for the real-life family if they can survive? A valuable prize.

According to Expats.cz, one viewer replied, “What’s next? Big Brother Auschwitz?”

The show’s director, Zora Cejnkova, anticipated criticism. “We believe that it is correct to attempt to do this, providing that certain ethical rules and historical reality are observed,” she said. “I tried to show that period with utter seriousness and with respect for its tragic character.”

Here's the link: http://tabletmag.com/scroll/191179/reality-tv-nazi-occupation-style

(Bartenders, feel free to move if you feel this should be in WWII or Moving Picture).

 

[pawineguy]

Wow, I'm not sure where to even start. I've been to the synagogues and Jewish museum in Prague, and that area is part of a particularly insidious chapter of the nazi terror. They moved some of the Jews into a "model" camp complete with playground as propaganda that those who were being relocated were being very well treated.

Prague is the beautiful city that it is today because it was one of the rare European cities that was almost completely spared any battle scars during the war. Supposedly, only one U.S. bomb fell on Prague, and that was an accident.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Well, there was that show a few years back about a family surviving the Blitz, complete with fake air raids in the middle of the night. No doubt this is the next logical step. Get ready next year for "Survivor: Stalingrad!"