Memorandum (1967)
58m
Running Time
September 25, 1967Release Date
Memorandum (1967)
58m
Running Time
September 25, 1967Release Date
Plot.
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."
Where to Watch.
Subs
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Cast & Crew.
Bernard Laufer
Self - Holocaust Survivor
Emil Bednarek
Self - Auschwitz Guard
Wilhelm Boger
Self - Auschwitz Guard
Arthur Breitwieser
Self - Auschwitz Disinfectant Officer
Victor Capesius
Self - Auschwitz Druggist
Mr. Dreckmann
Self - Holocaust Survivor
Zenon Gotaszewski
Self - Holocaust Survivor
Glyn Hughes
Self - British Army, Liberator of Belsen
Oswald Kaduk
Self - Auschwitz Guard
Dr. Kurzge
Himself - Holocaust Saviour
Josef Klehr
Self - Auschwitz Guard
Joachim Kügler
Himself - Prosecutor
Donald Brittain
Director
Joey Laufer
Himself - Son of Survivor
John Spotton
Director
Erik Lüth
Himself - Remorseful German
John Kemeny
Producer
Erika Millay
Herself - Holocaust Survivor
Robert Mulka
Himself - Auschwitz Adjutant
Norbert Prager
Himself - Holocaust Survivor, Funeral
Josef Rosensaft
Himself - Holocaust Survivor
Giuseppe Saragat
Himself - President of Italy
Willi Schatz
Himself - Auschwitz Dentist
Johann Schoberth
Himself - Auschwitz Gestapo
Details.
Wiki.
Memorandum is a one-hour 1965 documentary co-directed by Donald Brittain and John Spotton, and produced by John Kemeny for the National Film Board of Canada. It follows Bernard Laufer, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, on an emotional pilgrimage back to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Considered by many critics to be Brittain's finest work, the film's title refers to Hitler's memorandum about the "final solution."A detailed analysis of the film's structure is available in Ken Dancyger's The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory and Practice.