The new Nat Geo series, ASmallLight, sheds a compelling light on a woman and a network of everyday heroes who were relegated to the footnotes of history. Our review:
Less than one hundred years ago, the Nazi regime rose to power, ushering in hateful rhetoric under the guise of “well-meaning” Germany-first ideologies. The average person—who fit into what the government viewed as the “ideal” citizen—was free to turn a blind eye to the ugly truth of the situation. The regime-backed notion of “us vs. them” divided a country, and eventually, a continent, driving out rational thought from otherwise sensible people.
A Small Light is not so much about the victims of this atrocity, in the way that films like The Survivor have fashioned themselves, as it is about the people who risked their lives because it was the right thing to do. The series is blatant in its condemnation of people who reap the benefits of prejudice and hatred, blindly focused on their own small joys and creature comforts. Therein lies why there is a certain degree of unsteadiness deeply embedded in the harrowing story that unfolds.
While so much of A Small Light is focused on the bleak realities of Nazi occupation and Miep’s actions to hide the Franks in the hidden annex in Otto’s shop, the series also focuses on the beautiful love story between Miep and Jan . What starts as a marriage of convenience blossoms into a passionate union between two people who cannot sit idly by. While Jan’s participation appears slow to form, his actions often burned brighter than Miep’s own fire.
A Small Light does stray from historical accuracy in certain areas, opting to instead fictionalize some of the staff at Otto Frank’s Opekta business and omitting the existence of Bep Voskuijl who befriended Anne and assisted the Frank family in hiding, much in the same way that Miep does throughout the series. It seems that perhaps for the sake of simplicity, her existence has been folded into Miep’s storyline in subtle ways.
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