Memorandum (1967)

Memorandum

1967

Documentary

Synopsis

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."

Credits

Director

Donald Brittain

John Spotton

Cast

Arthur Breitwieser as Himself - Auschwitz Disinfectant Officer

Bernard Laufer as Himself - Holocaust Survivor

Emil Bednarek as Himself - Auschwitz Guard

Glyn Hughes as Himself - British Army, Liberator of Belsen

Josef Klehr as Himself - Auschwitz Guard

Mr. Dreckmann as Himself - Holocaust Survivor

Oswald Kaduk as Himself - Auschwitz Guard