Donald Brittain

Le voyage qu'ont effectué en Allemagne, au cours de l'été 1965, trente Juifs d'Amérique parmi lesquels un Canadien, Bernard Laufer. Ils revoient Dachau, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen où ils ont échappé de justesse à la mort. En outre, sont présentés des séquences du procès de Francfort et des témoignages d'Allemands. (fonte: NFB)

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." (fonte: NFB)

This DVD highlights the very early life of Leonard Cohen, as a poet, before he started to sing. Would be of interest to all Leonard Cohen fans, and those interested in Montreal during the 60's.

Il memorandum era di Hitler e l'argomento era la soluzione al "problema ebraico". In questo film, un sopravvissuto ebreo all'Olocausto che è sfuggito prende una vacanza dal suo negozio di vetraio per unirsi a un pellegrinaggio a Bergen Belsen. Nel viaggio attraverso la nuova Germania, quest'uomo si ricorda; scene ancora vividi nella sua mente sono richiamate in flashback.