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A Hole in the Head
A feature documentary of director Robert Kirchhoff, 2016, Slovakia / Czech Republic, 92 min
THE HOLOCAUST AS A SCAR ON THE BODY AND SOUL OF THE EUROPEAN ROMA AND SINTI
Little is known about tragedy of the Roma and Sinti during the Second World War. They were murdered by the tens, hundreds and thousands, in concentration camps, by the edges of mass graves and roadsides, by rifle butts, hammers or gas. Silence surrounds them. For years they existed and still exist on the edge of society. They survived and keep their memory and scars as proof. In a world where fasciscm is once again prevalent, they are one of the last living witnesses to the Holocaust. They exist with a hole in their head, an imprint from the past. Please visit http://aholeintheheadfilm.com for more information about the film. Download the press info package (pdf, 3MB).Official Trailer
Raymond Gureme, French Roma Holocaust survivor, member of French resistance
Rita Prigmore, Sinti from Germany, Holocaust survivor
Nadir Dedic, Roma from Croatia, Holocaust survivor
Memorial of the Jasenovac concentration camp
Krystyna Gil, Polish Roma, survived the massacre in Szczurowa
Memorial in the cementary of Szczurowa, Poland
Rita Prigmore and Auschwitz survivor Philomena Franz
Auschwitz-Birkenau, entrance to camp section BIIe, what the Nazis called the "gypsy family camp"
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