Stolperstein . Stumbling Stone
Verzio FF Submission Duration: 01:13:00 German artist Gunter Demnig offers a new way to remember the victims of the Holocaust. He has embedded brass-plated stones with 17 000 names of forgotten Nazi victims into concrete pavements in European countries. Each stone bears the details of the deported p...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Hungarian German |
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Hanfgarn & Ufer Filmproduktion
2007
Germany |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:eef05453-ad47-478f-8534-c8d1a31f2198 |
| Summary: | Verzio FF Submission
Duration: 01:13:00
German artist Gunter Demnig offers a new way to remember the victims of the Holocaust. He has embedded brass-plated stones with 17 000 names of forgotten Nazi victims into concrete pavements in European countries. Each stone bears the details of the deported person who once lived there, a potent reminder to passers-by never to forget what has happened. Images of the fabrication and placement of engraved, brass-capped cobblestones in front of the last-known residences of Jews, Roma and other victims of the Nazis are interwoven with interviews with enthusiasts and critics of the project. The project is contested, and even banned in some cities. Yet there are committed helpers and private sponsors behind each stone. The interviews in the film record the reactions to Gunter's work from Berlin to Vienna and Budapest. |
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| Published: | 2007 |