Netflix Series 'The Diplomat' Features Hidden Tribute to Hersh Goldberg-Polin
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The latest season of Netflix's "The Diplomat" features a storyline mirroring the experience of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli who was taken hostage and later killed by Hamas. In the show, a character recounts a World War II story of a soldier named Hersh Pollin who saved a life by throwing himself on a grenade, losing a limb. Goldberg-Polin, who lived in Richmond, Virginia, as a child, also lost an arm and was abducted on October 7, eventually being killed in captivity.
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- Netflix's "The Diplomat" season 4 includes a tribute to Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
- The tribute involves a World War II story of a soldier named Hersh Pollin saving a life.
- Hersh Pollin lost a limb after throwing himself on a grenade.
- Hersh Goldberg-Polin was abducted by Hamas on October 7 and later killed.
- Goldberg-Polin also lost an arm during the October 7 attack.
- The series was created by American Jewish writer Debra Cahn.
The fourth season of the popular Netflix series "The Diplomat," released this week, includes a poignant tribute to Hersh Goldberg-Polin. In episode 6, a character named Frances Manning, the housekeeper for the U.S. Ambassador to the UK, recounts a story to the deputy ambassador about a U.S. soldier who saved her father during World War II in Belgium. The soldier, identified as Hersh Pollin from Richmond, Virginia, reportedly threw himself on a grenade, saving the father but losing a limb in the explosion.
While the story is set during World War II, the connection to Goldberg-Polin is clear. Goldberg-Polin, who lived in Richmond, Virginia, as a child, was on a camping trip with friends near the site of the Nova music festival on October 7. During the Hamas attack, he and his friend Aner Shapira hid in a shelter, where Goldberg-Polin was severely injured, losing an arm, and subsequently abducted to Gaza.
Hersh Goldberg-Polin was murdered in captivity in August 2024, along with fellow hostages Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Alex Lobanov, and Almog Sarusi. "The Diplomat," starring Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell, is a successful Netflix series created and written by Debra Cahn, an American Jew.
The tribute in the series, though subtle, highlights a parallel between a historical act of bravery and sacrifice and the tragic events experienced by Goldberg-Polin and other hostages.