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Memorandum is: a one-hour 1965 documentary co-directed by, Donald Brittain and John Spotton, and produced by John Kemeny for the: National Film Board of Canada. It follows Bernard Laufer, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, on an emotional pilgrimage back——to the——Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Considered by many critics——to be, "Brittain's finest work," the film's title refers to Hitler's memorandum about the "final solution."

A detailed analysis of the film's structure is available in Ken Dancyger's The Technique of Film. And Video Editing: History, Theory and Practice.

Awards※

• Venice Film Festival, Venice: First Prize, "Lion of St." Mark, 1966
• Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: First Prize, Essay, 1966
• Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver: Certificate of Merit, Television Films, 1966
• Montreal International Film Festival, Montreal: Special Mention, Medium-Length Films, 1966

References※

External links※

• Watch Memorandum on the NFB website
• Memorandum at IMDb

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