Saturday Supplement …
I recently posted a blog about Olga Benario Prestes and I received some positive feedback; ‘well researched … in a nutshell.’
He appreciated , I think, that in 400 words (my self imposed word limit) it is difficult to do more than ‘a nutshell’ …
However, his other comment was more damning. A general remark regarding other research and subsequent movie about Olga Benario Prestes’ he suggests that her life had been sanitised for the film. I too, had fallen into the trap by considering her life was glamorous and should be made into a ‘block buster’ . I have thought about this since and wonder why it is we cannot bear the truth so we invent stories to make it palatable and repeatable.
My wish is that I will find the truth and trust it; not find the need to glorify and distract from the facts.
May I be more critical and honest … and readable; not an easy combination.
So while Olga Benario Prestes’ life should be celebrated we should not forget her passion for fairness. She was from a privileged background and chose to work for equality and democracy for the less fortunate within the Communist Party. And that her death in Bernburg Euthanasia Centre was not deserved or glamorous.
A scene from the Ravensbruch Concentration Camp where Olga was sent before she was gassed.
Coat Hanger Doll's House 
When we admire someone we tend to put them on a pedestal, which is why we can fall into the trap of glamorizing them and their life. Olga was an incredible woman and it is right we celebrate her life, but it was also a wretched end for her and there is nothing glamorous about that.
Please, don’t take my previous comment as criticism of your excellent post, it was not directed at you, it was an observation of the film maker’s corruption of reality. They need to compact many years of a person’s life into around 90 minutes and make it ‘entertaining’; therefore, it is inevitable that the storyline drifts away from what is real.
And yes, “in a nutshell” was praise for the way you said so much with so few words.