Memento - 1966

Memento 1966 Directed by Karlheinz Mund

A film about Jewish cemeteries in East Berlin, based on a screenplay by Günter Kunert, with text by Rabbi Martin Riesenburger. There are shots of gravestones and inscriptions – deported, murdered, perished; in Auschwitz or Theresienstadt. Commentary reminds us of the victims – "in 1933, 160,564 Jewish citizens lived in Berlin; in 1945, 3,500".

Country East Germany

Production Country East Germany

Language German

Spoken Language German

Gnere Documentary

Production Company DEFA-Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme

Release Date 16 February 1966

16 mins