A Journal for Anne

(Ein Tagebuch Fur Anne Frank)

(Germany, 1958)

A young actress is given the leading part in the play The Diary of Anne Frank, at the Deutsches Theatre, Berlin. She determines to learn all she can about the events leading to Anne's death in Belsen concentration camp. Still photographs, documents and actual films are used to show the way in which the Jews were treated during the German occupation of Holland. Men in responsible positions are picked out and their present occupations and addresses in Germany are detailed as we see shots taken with concealed cameras of them in the streets and in their homes today.

The film insists that a number of war criminals concerned with concentration camp atrocities have been let off too lightly or even altogether. One or two, it hints, are now in responsible political position.

This film also was refused a certificate by the British Censor unless all shots and comments showing that the men investigated in till alive were removed, along with the two most horrifying shots of concentration camp victims. We shall be showing the uncut film.