Liberation! New Beginning?Life After the Concentration Camp
March 16 and April 13, 2025
The liberation of the concentration camps by the Allies in 1944/45 marks a key moment in the history of the 20th century. 80 years later, the Mauthausen Memorial and the Austrian Film Museum dedicate a collaborative film series to this historical event and its aftermath, free to the public and with introductions. What did the new beginning mean after the horror of the mass destruction? With five outstanding films, the social and individual dimensions of this question will be exemplarily investigated between February and June 2025. (Christoph Huber / Translation: Ted Fendt)
In collaboration with Mauthausen Memorial
With introductions by Elisabeth Streit and Gregor Holzinger
Free Admission
The liberation of the concentration camps by the Allies in 1944/45 marks a key moment in the history of the 20th century. 80 years later, the Mauthausen Memorial and the Austrian Film Museum dedicate a collaborative film series to this historical event and its aftermath, free to the public and with introductions. What did the new beginning mean after the horror of the mass destruction? With five outstanding films, the social and individual dimensions of this question will be exemplarily investigated between February and June 2025. (Christoph Huber / Translation: Ted Fendt)
In collaboration with Mauthausen Memorial
With introductions by Elisabeth Streit and Gregor Holzinger
Free Admission
For each series, films are listed in screening order.
