Memorandum

John Spotton
1967-09-25


7.2
58 min

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

Name Character Team
Bernard Laufer Himself - Holocaust Survivor Unowned
Emil Bednarek Himself - Auschwitz Guard Unowned
Wilhelm Boger Himself - Auschwitz Guard Unowned
Arthur Breitwieser Himself - Auschwitz Disinfectant Officer Unowned
Victor Capesius Himself - Auschwitz Druggist Unowned
Mr. Dreckmann Himself - Holocaust Survivor Unowned
Zenon Gotaszewski Himself - Holocaust Survivor Unowned
Glyn Hughes Himself - British Army, Liberator of Belsen Unowned
Oswald Kaduk Himself - Auschwitz Guard Unowned
Josef Klehr Himself - Auschwitz Guard Unowned
Dr. Kurzge Himself - Holocaust Saviour Unowned
Joachim Kügler Himself - Prosecutor Unowned
Joey Laufer Himself - Son of Survivor Unowned
Erik Lüth Himself - Remorseful German Unowned
Erika Millay Herself - Holocaust Survivor Unowned
Robert Mulka Himself - Auschwitz Adjutant Unowned
Norbert Prager Himself - Holocaust Survivor, Funeral Unowned
Josef Rosensaft Himself - Holocaust Survivor Unowned
Giuseppe Saragat Himself - President of Italy Unowned
Willi Schatz Himself - Auschwitz Dentist Unowned
Johann Schoberth Himself - Auschwitz Gestapo Unowned
Klara Silbernik Herself - Holocaust Survivor Unowned
Herbert Weichmann Himself - Jewish Mayor of Hamburg Unowned
Peter Weiss Himself - Playwright Unowned
Simon Wiesenthal Himself - Nazi Hunter Unowned