The Price of Survival

The Price of Survival 2003 Directed by Louis van Gasteren De prijs van overleven

More than thirty years ago, Louis van Gasteren made the documentary BEGRIJPT U NU WAAROM IK HUIL? about a therapeutic LSD session that professor Jan Bastiaans did with a traumatised ex-prisoner of German concentration camps. The patient died in late 2000 at the age of 81. He left a wife and three children. Poignant conversations with the widow and youngest son, and excerpts from letters from the other two children reveal that a concentration camp syndrome can also inflict deep wounds in those who have not personally experienced it.

Country Netherlands

Production Country Netherlands

Language Dutch

Spoken Language Dutch

Gnere Documentary

Production Companies Spectrum Films , Euro-Television Productions

Release Date 26 September 2003

56 mins