- Company
Europäischer Verein für Ost-West-Annäherung e. V / Weltfilm GmbH - Occupation
Producer, Director - Country
Germany
Cummings Tanja
Line 41
During World War II, tram line no. 41 crossed through the Ghetto of Łódź, one of the most forlorn, organized, violent civic places within Europe at that time. Tram passengers were Łódź citizens who saw what was happening to their Jewish neighbors. They had been forced in into a fortified district called “Litzmannstadt”. Today a visit to this district reveals a place that rarely changed in time – now inhabited, lively, and run-down. Natan Grossmann returns to his place of birth, searching for the lost traces of his brother and parents who where locked up in this ghetto. Today, one of the Łódź visitors is Jens-Jürgen Ventzki, the son of the former German “Litzmannstadt” major, responsible for the ghetto organization and the deaths of the inhabitants. We roam the districts of Łódź, finding out about the lives in these ‘parallel worlds’, about Łódź citizens living normal lives, some of them architects of death.
During World War II, tram line no. 41 crossed through the Ghetto of Łódź, one of the most forlorn, organized, violent civic places within Europe at that time. Tram passengers were Łódź citizens who saw what was happening to their Jewish neighbors. They had been forced in into a fortified district called “Litzmannstadt”. Today a visit to this district reveals a place that rarely changed in time – now inhabited, lively, and run-down. Natan Grossmann returns to his place of birth, searching for the lost traces of his brother and parents who where locked up in this ghetto. Today, one of the Łódź visitors is Jens-Jürgen Ventzki, the son of the former German “Litzmannstadt” major, responsible for the ghetto organization and the deaths of the inhabitants. We roam the districts of Łódź, finding out about the lives in these ‘parallel worlds’, about Łódź citizens living normal lives, some of them architects of death.
Storyboard Artist, Producer/director for documentary films. Co-Founder of the European Association of East-West Rapprochement (EVA) www.eva-verein.de
Europäischer Verein für Ost-West-Annäherung e. V / Weltfilm GmbH
www.eva-verein.de EVA is a forum for exchange between people and organisations from Eastern and Western Europe - be it in arts, sciences, politics or everyday life. Our projects focus on current tensions between Eastern and Western Europe as well as on aspects that they have in common, such as their shared history.
www.eva-verein.de EVA is a forum for exchange between people and organisations from Eastern and Western Europe - be it in arts, sciences, politics or everyday life. Our projects focus on current tensions between Eastern and Western Europe as well as on aspects that they have in common, such as their shared history.
