"Kreis der Wahrheit"

In the organizer's words:

2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp. We are showing three films to accompany the "Remembering the victims" series of events organized by the Department of Culture.

"Circle of Truth"

"Circle of Truth" tells the life story of the sisters Helga Feldner-Busztin and Elisabeth Scheiderbauer from Vienna, who were deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto/camp together with their mother at the age of seven and fourteen. Their father was sent to Auschwitz. The family miraculously survived. The memoirs of Helga and Elisabeth paint a comprehensive picture of the murderous reign of terror of the National Socialists.

In the film, the two sisters share their memories with the audience, and international artists such as Iris Berben and Konstantin Wecker, among others, transform moments of suffering into contemporary art. 2D animations also combine space, place and time to create an overall visual picture.