Memorandum

Memorandum (1967)

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."

Date of release
1967-09-25
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (7)
Runtime
58m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Donald Brittain, John Spotton

Casting

Interesting facts

Memorandum is a one-hour 1965 documentary co-directed by Donald Brittain and John Spotton, and produced by John Kemeny for the National Film Board of Canada. It follows Bernard Laufer, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, on an emotional pilgrimage back to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Considered by many critics to be Brittain's finest work, the film's title refers to Hitler's memorandum about the "final solution."

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