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Memorandum
196558 min 17 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: John SpottonDonald Brittain
Production: John Kemeny
Script: Donald Brittain
The memorandum was Hitler's and the subject was the solution to the "Jewish problem." In this film, a Jewish Holocaust survivor who escaped that solution takes a holiday from his glazier's shop to join an emotional pilgrimage to Bergen Belsen. In travelling through the new Germany, this man remembers; scenes still vivid in his mind are recalled in flashback.
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Subject categories
- Foreign Countries > GermanyHistorical PerspectivesWorld War II
- War, Conflict and Peace > HolocaustMemoirs and MemorialsWorld War II
- Civics/Citizenship > Human Rights
- History > World War II
Credits
- director
- John Spotton
- Donald Brittain
- producer
- John Kemeny
- script
- Donald Brittain
- camera
- John Spotton
- editing
- John Spotton
- sound
- Roger Hart
- sound editing
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- John Knight
- re-recording
- Roger Lamoureux
- Ron Alexander
Awards
- Special Mention - Category: Medium Length FilmsFestival of Canadian Films - Montreal International Film Festival
- First Prize - Category: EssayInternational Film Festival
- First Prize - Lion of St. MarcMostra Internatzionale del Cinema
- Certificate of Merit - Category: Television FilmsInternational Annual Film Festival