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Memorandum

19677.2 / 1058 min

Documentary

Overview

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

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

Crew

Donald Brittain

Director

John Spotton

Director