Memorandum (1967)
58m
Running Time
September 25, 1967Release Date
Memorandum (1967)
58m
Running Time
September 25, 1967Release Date
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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.
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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
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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.