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“I go with the people to the places of the events, there in the process of ‘emotional memory’ their memories are awakened. They relive their history.” (Simon Wieland) 24
the Sisters of Mercy in Linz, a heart valve defect was diagnosed, which must have existed for some time prior. Since we had an OK from his doctor in Poland, we had not expected this. Contemporary witnesses are now at such an advanced age that it is becoming increasingly difficult to make a film with them. 12. Did your protagonists get to see the film? Stanisław Leszczyński passed away a few months after the filming. Franz Hackl has also fallen ill with health in the meantime, but hopefully he will be able to be present at the screening on October 26 in Gusen. 13. What was the greatest realization for you while working on the film? I worked on the film for as long as Stanisław Leszczyński was in the concentration camp, and I became seriously ill. I thought to myself: life can end sooner than you think. 14. What do you personally associate with the symbolic image of Mauthausen? It is said that those who have not learned from the past are forced to relive it. The past is the fundament of our society, for good and for bad. If you see society as a house that is being built, it makes sense to know the foundation on which it stands. 15. You say: „What happened back then continues to have an effect today.“ In doing so, do you also make associations with current political debates, or would such a comparison be inadmissible? Everything that happened back then has an impact on the present and our lives today. What bothers me about the current political debates is the hatred with which some of them are 25
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Page 5 and 6: TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THE FILM 7
Page 7 and 8: ABOUT THE FILM The documentary MAUT
Page 9 and 10: THE PROTAGONISTS OF THE FILM STANIS
Page 11 and 12: „“I swore never to be silent wh
Page 13 and 14: “I remember when the people were
Page 15 and 16: Quotes by Franz Hackl „We were ve
Page 17 and 18: DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT ON THE FILM
Page 19 and 20: INTERVIEW WITH THE DIRECTOR 1. What
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Page 27 and 28: conducted. In my last film, „Our
Page 29 and 30: “The past is the fundament of our
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Page 33: CONTACT DETAILS FILMMAKER Simon Wie

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