"The Typist" follows the life and work of Larry Tillemans, the last living clerk-typist from the Nuremberg Trials. As a sergeant in the U.S. 3rd Army, it was Larry's duty to document the testimony of victims and perpetrators of the Nazi Holocaust – information that deeply affected the young Minnesotan. After years of carrying this emotional burden, Larry decided to share his experiences with as many people as possible, a tireless effort that brought the value of first-person testimony to a world that sometimes struggles to remember the lessons of the past.
Eric Beckman on 22 Mar 12Recent performance on Ukrainian television demonstrates the continuing resonance of WWII there. Powerful, and only eight minutes.
