Het Kogelgat van Château St. Gerlach
The Bullet Hole of Ch√¢teau St Gerlach - equality does not beget war Captain Joseph Ryan from New Jersey was killed in Germany on 1 March 1945 while serving with the 744th Tank Battalion. Camille Oost…
Het Kogelgat van Château St. Gerlach
The Bullet Hole of Ch√¢teau St Gerlach - equality does not beget war Captain Joseph Ryan from New Jersey was killed in Germany on 1 March 1945 while serving with the 744th Tank Battalion. Camille Oostwegel, the adopter of Captain Ryan's grave in Margraten, together with director Robin Peeters, has embarked on the making of a documentary about Ryan. The starting point of the documentary is a mysterious bullet hole in one of the gilded mirrors in Ch√¢teau St Gerlach in Valkenburg. It is said to date back to World War II and to have been put there by an African-American soldier. Legend has it that white officer Joseph Ryan made sure to cover up the incident to prevent the black comrade-in-arms from getting severely punished. The story allows the documentary makers to explore the contradiction of Europe's liberation by a racially segregated American military while simultaneously pointing to World War II as a catalyst of tremendous change in the United States.
Het Kogelgat van Château St. Gerlach
Documentary
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The Bullet Hole of Ch√¢teau St Gerlach - equality does not beget war Captain Joseph Ryan from New Jersey was killed in Germany on 1 March 1945 while serving with the 744th Tank Battalion. Camille Oostwegel, the adopter of Captain Ryan's grave in Margraten, together with director Robin Peeters, has embarked on the making of a documentary about Ryan. The starting point of the documentary is a mysterious bullet hole in one of the gilded mirrors in Ch√¢teau St Gerlach in Valkenburg.
It is said to date back to World War II and to have been put there by an African-American soldier. Legend has it that white officer Joseph Ryan made sure to cover up the incident to prevent the black comrade-in-arms from getting severely punished. The story allows the documentary makers to explore the contradiction of Europe's liberation by a racially segregated American military while simultaneously pointing to World War II as a catalyst of tremendous change in the United States..