The children of Himmlerstadt
| documentary | |
|---|---|
| title | The children of Himmlerstadt |
| Original title | The children of Himmlerstadt |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German and Polish |
| Publishing year | 1983 |
| length | 30 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hartmut Kaminski , Elke Jonigkeit |
| script | Hartmut Kaminski |
| production | Circe-Film-GmbH |
| music | Henning Christiansen |
| camera | Piotr Sobocinski, Krzystof Wyszynski |
| cut | Elke Jonigkeit, Hartmut Kaminski |
Die Kinder von Himmlerstadt is a 30-minute short German documentary film from 1983.
action
The Children of Himmlerstadt is a film by Hartmut Kaminski and Elke Jonigkeit about the fate of around 45,000 children from the area around Zamość (Himmlerstadt) who were affected by the Nazi action Aktion Zamość , known as the SS Special Laboratory by the Polish historian Czeslaw Madajczyk . In 1942/43 the German occupiers planned to Germanize Zamość and the three hundred surrounding villages after resettlement, pacification and extermination actions in order to secure the conquered eastern area.
The film tries to trace the events of almost eighty years ago. Eyewitnesses who witnessed this murderous act as children tell of the various stages of their ordeal: the evacuation, the Zamość reception camp, the train transports all over Poland. The film also shows examples of the will to resist and the support of the population: A woman reports on a child rescue operation and a demonstration at the funeral of the frozen and starved children. Mr. Zamoyski tells about a simple farmer who, despite the danger of his life, was not deterred from bringing food to the children in the camp. These eyewitness reports are supplemented by largely unknown documentary film and photo material from Polish archives. According to the production company, the film does not want to reconstruct a complete picture, rather it approaches this inhuman occurrence in a multi-faceted manner.
review
"(...) the film is an important addition to what is known about that time in Poland." (German film and media rating FBW)
Criticism (selection)
- Thomas Thieringer: Pictures of horror, Süddeutsche Zeitung No. 162, Mon- July 18, 1983 /
- Momos (Walter Jens): Mourning Work, Die Zeit - No. 30 - July 22, 1983 /
- Monika Liebertz: A document of trust, Rheinische Post , No. 120 - Wednesday, May 23, 1984 /
- Nina Davidsen: Film report from Mannheim: Denmark, Information Onsdag, October 19, 1983 /
- TT - Nen: Hämeen YHTEISTYÖ, Torstaina Maaliskuun 8. pnä, 1984 / and other domestic and foreign recessions.
Festivals
- International Film Week Mannheim 1983
- Festival International de Cinema Nyon, Switzerland 1983
- Friedberger Filmtage - Days of International Religious Film, FRG 1983 International Leipzig Documentary and Short Film Week for Cinema and TV, 1983
- Bilbao International Short and Documentary Film Festival , Spain 1983
- International Short Film Festival Tampere / Finland 1984
- Krakow International Short Film Festival, Poland 1984
- Kortfilm Festivalen, Trondheim, Norway 1984
- Uppsala Film Festival, Uppsala, Sweden 1984 * Invitation of the Swedish documentarists to a one-week documentary film seminar, Goethe-Institut / Svenska Institutet, Stockholm
Awards
- FBW-Predicate Particularly Valuable , 1984
- International Film Critics' Prize (FIPRESCI), Mannheim 1983
- Friedberger Filmtage Award - Days of International Religious Film 1983
- Price of the Red Cross / Bilbao, Spain 1983
- Diploma of Merit , Tampere / Finland 1984
- The Federal Association of German Film and AV Producers selected Die Kinder von Himmlerstadt as the German contribution to the French short film awards campaign.
- Award: Mention de Qualité des Center National de la Cinématographie , Paris 1984
Web links
The complete film on dailymotion.com The children of Himmlerstadt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Manfred Loimeier: You were guilty anyway . In: The daily newspaper: taz . May 18, 1991, ISSN 0931-9085 , p. 26 ( taz.de [accessed on November 18, 2019]).
- ↑ Elke Jonigkeit. Retrieved November 18, 2019 (UK English).
- ↑ Czeslaw Madajczyk: Zamojszczyzna Special Laboratory SS . In: Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1979 (ed.): Polish documents and their German translations . tape 1 and 2. Warsaw 1979, p. 578 .
- ↑ JL11. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
- ^ The children of Himmlerstadt. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
- ^ 32nd International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg. Retrieved November 18, 2019 (UK English).