Documentary about German Memorials - "Please, no more memorials"
December 1, 2013 3:24 PM Subscribe
Do any of you know of a documentary about a Holocaust survivor who makes trips to Germany to tell children and public officials, "Please, no more memorials"?
Hi all. I'm fascinated with collective memory and mourning, and I just read this in Jill Magi's wonderful essay on 9/11, which you can find here.
"Or, memory un-landscaped. For example, a Holocaust survivor who makes trips to Germany to speak to school children and to tell public officials, “Please, no more memorials.” I remember documentary images of him sitting in small chairs, next to children, around a table, listening. He spoke, gently correcting, nearly crying as attitudes surfaced, possibly adjusted, and receded. A classroom is alive and enacts the book, the memorial, the museum, the artwork that evaporates as it remains."
Does anyone know where I can watch this documentary, or what the name of it is? She has also mentioned the film in an interview or two.
Hi all. I'm fascinated with collective memory and mourning, and I just read this in Jill Magi's wonderful essay on 9/11, which you can find here.
"Or, memory un-landscaped. For example, a Holocaust survivor who makes trips to Germany to speak to school children and to tell public officials, “Please, no more memorials.” I remember documentary images of him sitting in small chairs, next to children, around a table, listening. He spoke, gently correcting, nearly crying as attitudes surfaced, possibly adjusted, and receded. A classroom is alive and enacts the book, the memorial, the museum, the artwork that evaporates as it remains."
Does anyone know where I can watch this documentary, or what the name of it is? She has also mentioned the film in an interview or two.
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