Lisa Lewenz does a wonderful job of reconstructing her family's history. Just as an historian tries to recreate a time and place with whatever evidence s/he can gather, so does Lewenz attempt to piece together her family's life in pre-World War II Berlin through her grandmother's silent film footage and diary, as well as through interviews with the surviving children.
Unlike many documentary filmmakers, Lisa Lewenz does not try to portray her version of history as the final word on the subject. She cuts back and forth from seemingly unrelated shots in order to make the viewer more aware of the sources she is using, the limitations of these sources, and how she has chosen to interpret them in this particular work of film. As such, the documentary is not so much fragmented as it is intentionally thought-provoking. I highly recommend this film for anyone who is interested in German-Jewish identity before and after National Socialism and the Shoah.