"Ja, Andrei Iwanowitsch" - Filmvorführung in Anwesenheit des Protagonisten Andrei Iwanowitsch Moiseenko und des Filmteams

In the organizer's words:

Andrei Ivanovich Moiseenko is one of the last survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp and forced labor at the HASAG company in Leipzig. Born in the Ukraine in 1926, he was deported to Leipzig at the age of 15 for forced labor at HASAG, Saxony's largest armaments factory. He was initially deployed there in production and oiled machine parts, but later had the opportunity to escape the focus of the supervisors and switch to the spare parts warehouse. As he was suspected of being the leader of a group of young insurgents, he was sent to a Gestapo prison in Leipzig. During the day, he was taken to work on farms, then back to prison in the evening. Around two months passed without Andrei finding out why he had ended up in prison and what would happen to him next. Finally, in May 1944, he was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp. Today Andrei Ivanovich lives in Minsk, Belarus.

The film team accompanied Andrei Ivanovich for over a year with the camera, harvested honey with him at his dacha, sat together with his neighbor over vodka and sausage sandwiches, traveled with him and his best friend Albertovich to Weimar for the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald and filmed Andrei in countless everyday situations.

The film shows a man who is not at odds with his fate, who faces every day and every person with curiosity, who is long-suffering but not bitter.

Information about the film and trailer: http://www.andrei-iwanowitsch.de/

"Yes, Andrei Ivanovich", documentary film, 70 min, OmU. Directed by Hannes Farlock and Sinie Gory. Director of Photography: Dzianis Sakalouski, Editor: Dzianis Kurdraucau, Producer: Reinhard P. Jung.

Film screening followed by a discussion with contemporary witnesses. Free admission.

The project is supported by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ).