After Auschwitz
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Watch ‘After Auschwitz’!
‘After Auschwitz’ is now available to watch online. The film would not have been possible without the help of the Holocaust Educational Trust so please do visit their website to find out more about the charity, or to donate: http://www.het.org.uk/index.php/support-us-general/make-single-donation 28 minute version: Full-length version:
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About The Film
‘After Auschwitz’ is a 60min documentary reiterating the importance of holocaust education within society today. As our contributors maintain, the world has not learned from the events of the past and still, we see acts of discrimination, segregation and violence towards certain communities. Touching upon contemporary issues such as the Rise of the Golden Dawn in Greece, the mistreatment of Roma within Europe and anti-Semitism in modern Hungary, the documentary highlights the extremities to which humanity can go – a place we must never go again. The film was accepted as part of the 2014 Sheffield videotheque and will shortly be available to watch online. For now, here’s the trailer:…
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The Idea
‘Resilience’ The idea for this long form project began with the video below. Having returned from my own trip to Auschwitz, I pieced together what I had learned, what I had seen and what I felt on arriving home, into a poem and short video collage of photos I had taken. Little did I know that this would lead me towards speaking at the House of Commons, becoming a Regional Ambassador for the Trust and indeed, embarking upon the above project that has proven to be my biggest challenge yet.
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Meet Our Survivors
Meet Our Survivors!!! Freddie Knoller Born in Vienna, 1921 Lived with his mother & father and two brothers Otto & Erich Together they made up the ‘Knoller Brothers Trio’ – with Freddie playing cello, Otto playing the piano and Erich on the violin. (Shown here) March 1938, Freddie and his brothers fled. HIs parents remained behind, later perishing in Auschwitz. Throughout 1939, Freddie stayed in several refugee camps, playing in camp orchestras and briefly reuniting with cousins & even with his cello! May 1940, fleeing the German invasion, Freddie journeyed to France where he was arrested and sent to St. Ciprien concentration camp in the South of France He escaped…
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The Making of ‘After Auschwitz’
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The Holocaust Educational Trust & Me
Lessons From Auschwitz Project, 2011 In March 2011, I travelled with the Holocaust Educational Trust, accompanied by a classmate and close friend, to Auschwitz. First we travelled to the Jewish cemetery in Oswiecim where we took in the remains of the battered headstones of the dead that had been destroyed by the Nazis. Then, we travelled to Auschwitz I, where the famous lettering of ‘Work Sets You Free’ obstructs a site that hosted many of Josef Mengele’s horrific experiments, where the SS commanding officer brought up his child just feet away from the gas chambers and where kilos and kilos of human hair are preserved for us to see. Lastly,…
