Oma & Bella

Regina Karolinski and Bella Katz have a special shared apartment in Berlin-Charlottenburg: the two Jewish women, born in Vilnius and Katowice, survived the Holocaust, built a new life for themselves in Germany in the post-war period, lost their husbands and then discovered a common passion - cooking. In their Charlottenburg apartment, Yiddish cuisine remains alive - chicken soup, red borscht and sugar cookies. Regina's granddaughter, filmmaker Alexa Karolinski, accompanies her friends through their everyday lives, observes them in their daily routines, listens to their conversations about identity, cohesion and home. Eating, it becomes clear, means remembering, love and presence.