IX ANTIMILITARIST AND HISTORICAL MEMORY CONFERENCE OF GERNIKA

GIZA GARAPEN + ARMA –

The 9th edition of the Antimilitarist and Historical Memory Conference will present the topic about “Memory” through the documentary “Legacy” presentation and the subsequent discussion with Barbara Brix, the film protagonist, the daughter of an SS officer and today an activist for historical memory.

The event will be held in ” Astra Gernika” headquarter and is organised by Gernika Gogoratuz, Gernikatik Mundura, Ideasur, the Astra Gernika coordinator and the collaboration of Gernika-Lumo Town Council.

“LEGACY” (original title: Nachlass, 2017) by Christoph Hübner and Gabriele Voss, in German with Spanish subtitles.

Documentary synopsis: Presents 7 testimonies that confront the “Legacy” of being descendants of relatives connected with the extermination of thousands of people in the NS era. Today, these children or grandchildren work for the social construction of memory.

18:30H.
Presentation of the documentary “Legacy” (108′)

20:15H approx.
Afterwards discussion with Barbara Brix, the film protagonist, daughter of an SS officer and today an activist for historical memory at the Memorial of the former concentration camp in Neuengamme, Hamburg.

Moderated by Andreas Schäfter of Gernika Gogoratuz.