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"Destination Unknown" was made over a period of 14 years and
mixes archive footage with contemporary filming of Holocaust
survivors, in some cases following them as they return to the
camps where they were imprisoned.
"What came across to me as unique and fresh was how do you live
with pain? How do you have a life after such atrocity?" director
Claire Ferguson said of the film.
The documentary features the stories of Jews who survived being
sent to concentration camps, as well as men who fought in the
Jewish resistance movement, and others who stayed alive by
hiding.
Some 6 million Jews died at the hands of the Nazis and their
allies during the Holocaust, with many being sent to death camps
after their possessions were seized.
Edward Mosberg, a survivor of the Mauthausen concentration camp
who still wears a bracelet bearing his camp identification
number, said he took part in the film so that younger
generations would not forget what happened.
"Not to forget, this is the whole thing ... that next generation
will still remember," he said.
The film is out in British cinemas on June 16. International
released dates have yet to be confirmed.
(Reporting by George Sargent; Writing by Mark Hanrahan; Editing
by Alison Williams)
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