The green, green grass beneath

Ceija Stojka survived. As a child she was an inmate in Nazi death camps. Auschwitz and Ravensbrück. And Bergen-Belsen, where she and her mother were liberated by Allied troops. That was 1945, 60 years ago. And while the Republic of Austria has declared 2005 to be a "year of remembrance" – 60 years since WWII ended, 50 years after signing of the State Treaty – and is celebrating its own existence, the now 72-year old Roma woman Ceija Stojka recollects her time in Bergen-Belsen on camera.
In Karin Berger´s film entitled Unter den Brettern hellgrünes Gras (The green green grass...

Orig. Title
Unter den Brettern hellgrünes Gras
Year
2005
Country
Austria
Duration
52 min
Director
Karin Berger
Category
Documentary
Orig. Language
German
Subtitles
English
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