Language:
German
Pages:
1 DVD (96 min 30 secs)
Year of publication:
2022
Uniform Title:
Lagerhaus G
Parallel Title:
Übersetzung von Fiedler, Markus, 1972 - Lagerhaus G
Keywords:
Dokumentarfilm
Abstract:
Amidst the port of Hamburg Warehouse G was constructed 1903 at a river bank named Dessauer Ufer. It served as store for tobacco of the Reemtsma company - until it was converted into a satellite camp of the concentration camp Neuengamme during World War II. Several thousand people were imprisoned in Warehouse G to do forced labour - Jewish women and prisoners of war. Nowaday Hamburg plans to transform the old port district into a modern quarter. Warhouse G's history conflicts with the City's high-flying plans for the area. The personal contact with the building's pwner Lother Lukas marks the starting point for the filmmaker's search for clues of the story of Warehouse G. In 1044 Edith Kraus and Livia Fraenkel were transferred from Auschwitz to Dessauer ufer as young Jewish concentration camp prisoners. They are looking back on the unseen history of forced labour in the portof Hamburg. Delef Garbe (former director of the memorial site KZ Neuengamme), Jan Philipp Reemtsma (social scientiest, publicist and heir of the tobacco company) and the Initiative Dessauer Ufer are reflecting on the question if worthy commemoration is possible in an area covered by a master development plan.
Note:
Dokumentarfilm. Deutschland. 2022
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