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This landmark documentary gathers together the compelling and, in some cases, never-before-heard testimony from the last Holocaust survivors living in Britain today. All of these extraordinary people were children during the Holocaust, but now in their later years, they reflect on their experiences with a different perspective and understanding of how this past trauma permeates through to their contemporary lives with increased significance.
The film is based in the present tense, building a picture of a small number of survivors in their day to day lives, whilst also giving an insight into why they hold on to particular memories of the Holocaust, as well as what concerns them most as they contemplate reaching the end of their lives.
Over the course of a year, director Arthur Cary also follows these individuals on personal and profound journeys - including the story of a man who returns to Auschwitz with his daughter, a German Jewish survivor addressing the Bundestag, and a man who returns to his German childhood hometown for the first time since 1946 to finally acknowledge the death of his little brother. These scenes are punctuated by compelling interviews with a wider group of survivors who reveal shared feelings as well as their own unique thoughts and experiences. Having lived through 'humanity's darkest hour', these are the last survivors.
Press:
“You could see in many interviewees’ faces that their story was so intimate, so personal that some of it defied words. What they didn’t say was as powerful as what they did. Vital, outstanding television.”
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The Times
“An impeccably thoughtful 90-minute documentary that gave the interviewees their due dignity as each reflected on what happened to them as children. For an hour and a half, I was crying.”
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The Guardian
“The Last Survivors was a masterclass in documentary making with restraint and without editorialising. The editing was discreet and the horrifying footage of the deceased in the camp was used judiciously.”
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The Telegraph
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The Daily Mail
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The Independent