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En by uden hukommelse

Janne Giese, Denmark, 1995

46 min.DK/Documentary

In the south-eastern part of Poland is the town of Przeworsk, which was half Jewish and half Polish until 1939 when the Germans went into Poland. Like in hundreds of other small towns in Galicia Przeworsk was deeply marked by the Jewish culture and religion. There was a 400-year-old synagogue, several Jewish churchyards, Jewish schools and a prosperous business life. Today nothing is left and all the Jews are gone. How did they live together before the war, and what happened when the catastrophe occurred? What is remembered, and what is forgotten? Or repressed....
Basic information Credits
Original title En by uden hukommelse
Danish title En by uden hukommelse
Keywords Przeworsk, Poland, Jews, Persecution of the Jews, World War 2, 1990-1999
Director Janne Giese
Screenplay Janne Giese
Production country Denmark
Domestic distribution Statens Filmcentral
Danish rating Allowed for all
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Companies

Production company Steen Herdel & Co.
Domestic distribution Statens Filmcentral

Direction

Direction Janne Giese

Script

Screenplay Janne Giese

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