IF 20|21

Endphase
Hans Hochstöger
Austria
German/Hebraic/
Hungarian/English
(Ger/Eng Sub)
4K 1:1.85
Dolby Stereo
approx. 85 min
Concept
Hans Hochstöger
Camera
Richard Bayerl
Editor
Christin Veith
Completion 2021
Contact
Hans Hochstöger
On the night of May 2, 1945, five days before the end
of World War II, 228 Hungarian Jews were murdered
in the small Lower Austrian community of Hofamt
Priel by perpetrators unnamed to this day. Witnesses
recognized local helpers, but the murderers were never
found, nor was there a trial. The massacre is one of
the last so-called “Endphase Crimes,” and maybe the
last that we know so little about. Everyone – survivors,
relatives of the victims, but also the families of the
perpetrators and local witnesses – have to deal with a
terrible memory and have been silent about the events
for more than 75 years.
Hans Hochstöger *1982 Melk Austria