"A simple Slovak carpenter is caught up in the activities of the fascist Hlinka Guard. This comical and terrifying portrait is both banal and transcendent. That is, The Shop on Main Street is narrated in such a style of which dreams and daily life are made; it circles the unanswerable question that, nonetheless, demands an answer: what are you willing to risk to recognize the humanity of your neighbor? A question that has, unfortunately, become increasingly relevant today."–Marcela Sulak, Bar-Ilan University