Fritz Bauer Institut · Cinematography of the Holocaust
ID |
FBW002908 Documentary |
Country / Year |
Germany, 1999 |
Original Title |
Das Lager Westerbork 1939-1945 |
Other Title(s) |
Westerbork Camp 1939-1945 |
Directed by |
Karel Margry, Wolfgang Bauer |
Produced by |
Chronos-Film GmbH, Berlin/West |
Staff |
Producer: Bengt von zur Mühlen; On-screen commentary: Harry Kühn; Camera: Frank Moll; Editing: Marcel Epple, Jan Janschewsky; Assistant editing: Christel Gass; Sound: Peter van der Berg; Participation: Vladimir Schilzow (Assistenz) |
Appearance |
Frauke Krohn (Kranke Insassin des Lagers Westerbork); Albert Konrad Gemmeker (SS-Lagerkommandant) |
Mentioned |
Adolf Hitler; Hermann Göring (Reichsmarschall, Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe); Arthur Seyß-Inquart (Reichskommissar in den besetzten Niederlanden); Reinhard Heydrich; Adolf Eichmann (Leiter des Judenreferats); Erich Deppner (SS-Lagerkommandant); Joseph Dischner; Elisabeth Helena Hassel-Müllender (Geliebte und Sekretärin von Albert Konrad Gemmeker); Arthur Pisk (Leiter des jüdischen Ordnungsdienstes in Westerbork); Heinz Todtmann (jüdischer Adjudant Albert Konrad Gemmekers); Kurt Schlesinger (Lagerinsasse, Chef aller Dienstleiter in Westerbork); Rudolf Werner Breslauer (Lagerfotograf von Westerbork); Wim Loeb (Assistent Rudolf Preßlauers); Szetela Steinbach (Junge Insassin von Westerbork); Willy Rosen (Insasse, Mitwirkender am Kabarettprogramm in Westerbork); Otto Aurich (Insasse, Mitwirkender am Kabarettprogramm in Westerbork); Franz Engel (Insasse, Mitwirkender am Kabarettprogramm in Westerbork); Kurt Gerron (Insasse, Mitwirkender am Kabarettprogramm in Westerbork); Anne Frank |
Statement(s) by |
Hannelore Grünberg-Klein (ehem. Insassin des Lagers Westerbork); Rene Lijderdorff (ehem. Insasse des Lagers Westerbork) |
Length |
60' |
Abstract |
The documentary tells history of Westerbork concentration camp, from the early days when it served as a Dutch camp for Jewish refugees, to the take-over by the Nazi authorities and the liberation of the camp by Canadien forces in 1945. Two survivors describe their experiences in the camp. Footage from a unique film "Westerbork" (1944), which was shot in the camp 1944 on orders of the SS gives a good impression of how daily life there had been. This footage includes images of deportation trains leaving the camp plattform. Besides that the documentary presents a rare post war interview with the former SS Camp commander of Westerbork, Alfred Konrad Gemmeker. |
Subject Terms |
1930-1939; 1940-1949; 1945; 1990-1999; Amsterdam; Auschwitz (Entire camp complex); Liberation of the camps; Deportations; Railroad; Escapes from Nazi-Germany; Refugee camps; Cabaret; Collaboration; Concentration camp prisoners; Camps; Camp guarding; Camp commandants; Neutral nations; Netherlands; Niederländische Marechaussee; Racial persecutions; Sobibór (Extermination camp); Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Wannsee Conference |
Bibliography |
- Lindwer, Willy: Kamp van Hoop en Wanhop. Getuigen van Westerbork1939-1945. Amstelveen: Uitgeverij Balans, 1990 |
Credits |
- 1. Das Lager / WESTERBORK / 1939-1945 |