Remember Belsen

Remember Belsen

Commemorating the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen, April 15 1945

2025 · 105 min

An eyewitness documentary, featuring interviews with five Jewish survivors, a cameraman who recorded the camp’s liberation, and Australian war artist Alan Moore, the first to record the horrors of the BERGEN-BELSEN camp. Frank Shield’s film reflects on the experiences of camp inmates to convey the full horror of the Holocaust. In a moving counterpoint, the film records a reunion between two Jewish survivors, Olga Horak and Helen Schon and war artist, Alan Moore.

Directed by Frank Shields · Written by Frank Shields

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