Memorandum backdrop

Memorandum 1967 Directed by Donald Brittain , John Spotton

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."

Countries Canada , USA
Production Country Canada
Language English
Gnere Documentary
Production Company ONF | NFB
Release Date 25 September 1967
58 mins
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 Himself - Playwright
Simon Wiesenthal Himself - Nazi Hunter