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The Queen's Gambit
A location used for filming 'Queen's Gambit,' Schloss Schulzendorf in Germany, outside Berlin, November 2020. (courtesy: Felipe Tofani/Fotostrasse.com)
January 8, 2021, 4:40 pm
Queen’s Gambit orphanage is German Jewish-built castle that was seized by Nazis
The hidden, tragic story of Schloss Schulzendorf, built by a Berlin department store owner, confiscated by Third Reich, obscured by the Soviets, restituted, abandoned, rediscovered
By Matt Lebovic
Ira Tolchin Immergluck, November 2020. (self portrait, courtesy)
December 1, 2020, 12:15 am
My own Queen’s Gambit, back in the USSR
Netflix’s hit took me back to my childhood, playing competitive chess in Russia. But unlike the TV fairytale, girls don’t compete with world champions. They get shunted to piano…
By Ira Tolchin Immergluck
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