Synopsis
In his documentary, director Lukáš Přibyl focuses on the transportation of Jews to the Latvian ghetto in Riga and to the local Salaspils camp, which is spoken about less frequently than other concentration camps. In 1942, 3,000 men, women and children were transported to this place from Bohemia and Moravia. In the film, survivors from Czechoslovakia, Germany and Austria, who now live on different continents, tell their stories. Their tales are accompanied by archive pictures of the places they talk about, photographs of the victims and their murderers. They are also accompanied by details from important documents. The memories of the deported don't just plumb depths full of sadness and cruelty, but also recount friendship and love and even include topics such as sexuality and menstruation. The recollections of the interviewees therefore construct a mental map in which good and evil are not polarised, but where these categorisations are blurred in relation to people's characters, nationalities and their motivations in life. The film, therefore, is not just a reminder of these eastbound deportations, but also flashes a warning light at a time when some people still question the existence of the holocaust.
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