Memorandum (1967) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1967 · 58 mins · English

Directed by

Donald Brittain, John Spotton

Starring

Peter Weiss, Simon Wiesenthal, Wilhelm Boger, Victor Capesius, Arthur Breitwieser, Emil Bednarek

A Jewish Holocaust survivor embarks on a 1965 pilgrimage through Germany, revisiting the sites of the eleven camps where he was imprisoned, culminating at Bergen‑Belsen. Accompanied by thirty fellow former inmates, he recounts vivid memories in flashbacks. The title’s “Memorandum” refers to Hitler’s directive outlining the “final solution” to the “Jewish problem.”