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Holocaust Survivor From Gibson's TV Movie 'Surprised' and 'Hurt'
Aug. 1, 2006 — -- The 81-year-old Holocaust survivor whose memoir Mel Gibson planned to turn into a TV miniseries said she didn't know until a few days ago that Gibson was involved in the project, but found his alleged anti-Semitic comments "hurtful."
Still, she doesn't want to see the incident blown out of proportion and hopes the project will be completed, though its fate is now in limbo.
"In this country, there is always the tendency of the press to exaggerate," said Flory Van Beek, a Dutch Jew who hid from the Nazis with the help of her Catholic boyfriend.
"Yes, I read about his supposed comments, and yes, it appears that he said very stupid and hurtful things," Van Beek said.
"But as a Jew, I am much more concerned with what is going on in Israel, which is fighting for its very survival, and I wish that was more the focus of news coverage."
Van Bee