Z KRONIKI AUSCHWITZ - „FROM THE AUSCHWITZ CHRONICLES”
By Michal Bukojemski

FROM THE AUSCHWITZ CHRONICLE is a series of five documentary films, which attempt to preserve and highlight the memory of this human tragedy that was the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Oswiecim. It also attempts to acquaint young people with it who are still forming their own view of the world. Fragments of testimonies, episodes from the chronicle form the basis for the narrative layer of the films.

There is no single universal truth about the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. Each of the former inmates has their own unique truth, which may vary from the truth of their campmate from the neighbouring bunk.

Due to the way in which they are made, the films have the value of a historical source. Extracts from testimonies of former prisoners are read by narrators, a man and a woman. As a result, the related histories attain a cohesion and homogeneity, gripping the viewer with their content and building a level of emotion rarely encountered.

In the visual element of the films, the viewer confronts the actual places these events occurred, is taken to the camp today, and shown the photographs of the people whose stories are being told – whenever such photographs have survived. The images of people visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial create a compelling context for these stories. The paintings and drawings shown in the films are not only informative; they frequently constitute the strongest element of the visual narration.

The DVD contains seven language versions of the film: English, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish and Russian.

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Testimonies selected and edited by students of the “Laboratory of the Document”
Written by: Marek Miller, Michal Bukojemski
Based on themes of the Chronicle-Reportage EUROPE ACCORDING TO AUSCHWITZ
by Marek Miller

Consultation: Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Oswiecim
Krystyna Oleksy, Irena Szymańska, Adam Cyra, Miroslaw Obstarczyk, Franciszek Piper, Piotr Setkiewicz

English language translation of this film by: Patrick Montague
Testimonies read by: KENNETH BRANAGH, Miriam Margolyes

French language translation of this film by : Alexandre Dayet
Testimonies read by: ANDRZEJ SEWERYN, Catherine Hiegel

German language translation of this film by: Aleksander Opalski
Testimonies read by: Aleksander Opalski, Marzena Guz-Vetter

Hebrew language translation of this film by: Yohay Remetz
Testimonies read by: Menashe Raz, Shely Shternberg

Hungarian language translation of this film by: Kálmán Judit.
Testimonies read by: Barbinek Péter, Szabó Éva

Testimonies in Polish read by: ADAM FERENCY, Stanislawa Celinska

Russian language translation of this film by: Eva Vasilevska
Testimonies read by: LEONID MOZGOVOY, Svietlana Scheychenko

Sound post production: Studio SONORIA Jacek Kusmierczyk
Music editor: Malgorzata Przedpelska-Bieniek
Music: Zygmunt Konieczny
Editor: Joanna Wojtulewicz PSM (on-line editor: Marcin Bukojemski)
Produced and photographed by: Michal Bukojemski

The English language version of this film was developed in cooperation with
THE HISTORY CHANNEL - Great Britain.
The Hebrew language version of this film was developed in cooperation with
THE CHANNEL 10 – Israel.
The Hungarian language version of this film was developed in cooperation with
THE DUNA Television.
The Russian language version of this film was developed in cooperation with
THE HERMITAGE BRIDGE STUDIO – St. Petersburg

Film co-financed by FILM PRODUCTION AGENCY
and DOCUMENTARY FILM FOUNDATION
Production: DIGIT-FILM
Co-production: TELEWIZJA POLSKA PROGRAM 2

DVD produced by Positive Charge-Warsaw
Poster and logo: Jacek Szewczyk, Bartlomiej Kedziora

The production of this DVD was subsidised with funds of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Poland.

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