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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…
