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This documentary is the most comprehensive television production on an intentionally forgotten holocaust, a protest against every act of terror or racism. During the Second World War, two Nazi concentration camps were built in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia with the aim of eliminating the Romany population. In addition to unique archive material, the program features two survivors, one of whom died two months after the film was made. The presentation has a strong emotional impact, augmented by the music: the authentic dirges that Romanies composed in memory of the terrible suffering in the concentration camps. The film also bears shocking witness to the incredible disrespect the Communist regime had for Romanies: a pig farm and a recreation center were built on the sites of the former concentration camps in an attempt to cover up the past.
SD | 59' | © 1997
director(s): B. Rychlík
producer(s): Czech Television
scriptwriter(s): B. Rychlík
director of photography: K. Slach
original language: Czech
subtitles available: English, German