Memorandum

Memorandum

1967
58min

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."

Memorandum

Storyline

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."
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
Mr. Dreckmann
Himself - Holocaust Survivor
Zenon Gotaszewski
Himself - Holocaust Survivor
Glyn Hughes
Himself - British Army, Liberator of Belsen
Oswald Kaduk
Himself - Auschwitz Guard
Josef Klehr
Himself - Auschwitz Guard
Dr. Kurzge
Himself - Holocaust Saviour
Joachim Kügler
Himself - Prosecutor
Joey Laufer
Himself - Son of Survivor
Erik Lüth
Himself - Remorseful German
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
Klara Silbernik
Herself - Holocaust Survivor
Herbert Weichmann
Himself - Jewish Mayor of Hamburg
Peter Weiss
Peter Weiss
Himself - Playwright
Simon Wiesenthal
Simon Wiesenthal
Himself - Nazi Hunter
Max Amann
Max Amann
Himself - Behind Ley (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eva Braun
Eva Braun
Herself - with Hitler at the Berghof (archive footage) (uncredited)
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