Dead Meat (2004)

It’s hard to watch a series about the persecution and attempted extermination of Jewish people in World War II. It’s equally challenging to review such a subject because it’s a sensitive topic and a deeply sad chapter of human history.Despite this, once I started watching ‘A Small Light,’ a new National Geographic series on Disney Plus, I was hooked. It’s not a conventional story on this much-studied catastrophic event in human history. Which, to be honest, came as a relief to me.

Most people know the story of Anne Frank. But, for those who don’t, Anne was a young Jewish girl of roughly 13, who kept a diary of her time spent in hiding from 1942 until her capture by the Nazis in 1944. She would eventually die along with her sister of typhus while in the camps. Her diary was later recovered by her father Otto (sole survivor) after the war.He would go on to publish the diary. Today it is one of the most popular books in the world. In it, Anne writes about things relatable to all pre-pubescent girls: arguments with her parents, developing insecurities and crushes on boys (One boy in particular, named Peter Van Pel, who was in hiding with the Franks during this time).