Memorandum

7.2 / 10

(6 votes)

A Jewish Holocaust survivor travels through Germany recalling scenes from his memory. This documentary follows a Holocaust survivor in 1965 on an emotional pilgrimage to Bergen Belsen, the last of 11 concentration camps where he was held by the Nazis. He and 30 other former Jewish inmates travel through the new Germany. Scenes still vivid in his mind are recalled in flashback. The memorandum of the title refers to Hitler's memo offering a "final solution" to the "Jewish problem."

Country:

Canada

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

58 minutes

Year:

1967

Director:

John Spotton

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Company:

ONF | NFB

Cast:
Bernard Laufer

Himself - Holocaust Survivor

Emil Bednarek

Himself - Auschwitz Guard

Wilhelm Boger

Himself - Auschwitz Guard

Arthur Breitwieser

Himself - Auschwitz Disinfectant Officer

Victor Capesius

Himself - Auschwitz Druggist

Crew:
John Spotton

Director

Donald Brittain

Director