Title: Hotel Polan und seine Gäste /
Authors: Voska, Václav.; Starostecka, Elzbieta, 1943-; Glatzeder, Winfried, 1945-; Seemann, Horst.; Koplowitz, Jan.
Year: 2015
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 Silesia, Lower (Poland and Germany) Drama.; Jews Silesia, Lower (Poland and Germany) Drama.; Hotelkeepers Silesia, Lower (Poland and Germany) Drama.
Abstract: The story takes place at Bad Grenzbrunn, a well-known spa in the time of the Habsburg monarchy. The luxurious hotel of the Jewish Polan family accommodates guests from all over the world. But the family has its enemies, who have tried to force them out of the hotel. Then, when the First World War breaks out in 1914, Filip Polan (Václav Voska) resists the prevailing war hysteria and the demand to to treat his foreign guests as enemies. Instead, he allows them to stay safe at the Hotel Polan at considerable risk to himself.