Filmreihe Jüdisches 1945: Die Mörder sind unter uns (1946)

In the organizer's words:

To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe, the New Synagogue Berlin-Centrum Judaicum Foundation is presenting a special film series together with Urania Berlin e.V. and the Jewish Film Festival Berlin|Brandenburg. Between March and May 2025, films about Jewish experiences after the Shoah will be shown, accompanied by panel discussions with experts from the fields of film, history and culture, moderated by Knut Elstermann. While so-called "rubble films" focused on the suffering of the civilian population, Jewish perspectives in the immediate aftermath of the war often went unmentioned or were only hinted at.
Some stories are still missing today. It is important to us to counteract this.

The murderers are among us (1946):

The first German post-war film tells the story of a disillusioned doctor who
who lives in an abandoned apartment in Berlin after the Second World War. When a woman returns from the concentration camp and informs him that she wants to move back into her old apartment, conflict arises, then reconciliation and finally an unlikely love affair.
an unlikely love affair. When he learns that his former officer is responsible for war crimes and is now
now leads a normal life, he is plagued by thoughts of revenge.

Knut Elstermann in conversation with Lisa Schoß and Philip Zengel

Knut Elstermann, film journalist and presenter.
Publications and features for television and radio, including on DEFA history and Israeli and Russian cinema.

Dr. Lisa Schoß, literary and cultural scholar.
2023 Publication on the representation of Jewish experience in GDR film.

Philip Zengel, communication scientist. Head of Public Relations at the DEFA Foundation since 2020.

Free admission!

Registration: info@centrumjudaicum.de

Location: Urania Berlin e.V., An der Urania 17, 10787 Berlin
kontakt@urania-berlin.de /030 439747999