Language:
English
Pages:
60 Minuten
Year of publication:
1997
Keywords:
Dokumentarfilm
;
Schoa
;
Niederlande
Abstract:
One of Péter Forgács' most spectacular films. The majority of the film consists of home movies by Dutch Jews who perished in Auschwitz-Birkenau. The happy moments recorded in the 1930s and 40s - before their world was annihilated. As a counterpoint to this Jewish story, the director presents the color family films of the Ger-man Reichskommissar for Holland. A similar mood pervades these happy scenes of family life, the oppressors seem no different than their victims, which produces a highly alarming effect for the viewer.
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