Lebende Ware 1966, Wolfgang Luderer (Foto: DEFA Stiftung © Dieter Jäger, Hans Joachim Zilmer)
La Tregua (Die Atempause), 1997, Francesco Rosi

Liberation! New Beginning?
Life After the Concentration Camp

May 18 to June 15, 2025
 
The liberation of the concentration camps by the Allies in 1944/45 marks a key moment in the history of the 20th century. 80 years later, the Mauthausen Memorial and the Austrian Film Museum dedicate a collaborative film series to this historical event and its aftermath, free to the public and with introductions. What did the new beginning mean after the horror of the mass destruction? With five outstanding films, the social and individual dimensions of this question will be exemplarily investigated between February and June 2025. (Christoph Huber / Translation: Ted Fendt)
 
Introductions by Elisabeth Streit and Tom Waibel

In collaboration with Mauthausen Memorial

Free Admission

La tregua (Die Atempause)

(1997, 126 min)

Lebende Ware

(1966, 97 min)
For each series, films are listed in screening order.
Running time: 97 min
Sun, 18.05.2025 15:00
Introduced by Elisabeth Streit
Running time: 126 min
Sun, 15.06.2025 15:00
Introduced by Tom Waibel