Janusch Kozminski

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Janusch Kozminski (born March 29, 1949 in Schwandorf ; died November 15, 2015 in Munich ) was a German film producer , author and director . He was recognized in 2000 for his documentary “Wir sind da! Jews in Germany after 1945 ”was awarded the Bavarian Television Prize.

Life

Kozminski was born the son of Polish Shoah survivors. The camp photographer Wilhelm Brasse photographed his then 16-year-old mother when she was admitted to the Auschwitz extermination camp in May 1942. The parents escaped to Germany after the liberation. He attended primary school in Munich . After stays in France , Switzerland and the USA , he moved back to Munich in 1975, where he had been running his own film production company since 1991.

For the documentation he produced, he and the author Richard C. Schneider received the Bavarian TV Prize 2000 for outstanding achievements in German television. The jury recognized his work with the words:

“With this outstanding series, the author Richard Chaim Schneider and the producer Janusch Kozminski have dealt with the life of Jews in Germany after 1945 in an unspectacular, but precisely for that reason so impressive, way for television viewers. The four-part documentary, which traces the everyday life and feelings of Jewish citizens in both parts of Germany, offers a piece of carefully researched and richly illustrated contemporary history from the end of the war to the end of the century beyond its specific topic. The Bavarian TV Prize 2000 for 'We are there!' honors an exemplary documentary achievement. "

His documentary 183 Days - The Auschwitz Trial , which he completed in 2015, was also well received by the media.

Kozminski was the father of three children.

Works

  • 1995: The Rose of Jericho
  • 2000: we are here! Jews in Germany after 1945 , together with Richard Schneider
  • 2009: The past is a foreign land
  • 2015: 183 days - The Auschwitz Trial
  • 2015: The Germany Files

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice at Süddeutsche.de
  2. ↑ List of the award winners
  3. ↑ a b Jakob Mühle: Auschwitz Trial: The Psyche of the Perpetrators. Jüdische Allgemeine, accessed October 18, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b Simon Feldner: A Jewish Panorama. Der Tagesspiegel , December 1, 2003, accessed on October 18, 2016 .
  5. ^ Vita von Kozminski on the website of the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation Wiesbaden
  6. ↑ Ulrich Gutmair: A cross section of society. TAZ.de, March 28, 2015, accessed October 18, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Kerstin Krupp: The Auschwitz perpetrators show no trace of remorse. Berliner Zeitung , March 27, 2015, accessed on October 18, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Dietrich Kuhlbrodt: SPOT ON: 183 days. Concrete online, March 26, 2015, accessed on October 18, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Kozminski, Janusch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film producer, writer and director
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwandorf
DATE OF DEATH 15th November 2015
Place of death Munich