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Solomon Perel was a German-Jewish Holocaust survivor who is best known for his autobiography, Ich war Hitlerjunge Salomon, which recounts his experience of hiding his Jewish identity by posing as a member of the Hitler Youth.
He is primarily known as the subject of the 1990 film Europa Europa, which dramatizes his survival during the Second World War.
Yes, the film is an adaptation of Solomon Perel's personal memoir regarding his survival across Europe during the war.