Projekt Marmor - verdrängt und vergessen
The story of the Peggau-Hinterberg subcamp near Graz and the controversies around its remembrance. It focuses on the prisoners' inhumane conditions and the ongoing debate about how or whether their su…
Projekt Marmor - verdrängt und vergessen
The story of the Peggau-Hinterberg subcamp near Graz and the controversies around its remembrance. It focuses on the prisoners' inhumane conditions and the ongoing debate about how or whether their suffering is remembered today. A forgotten chapter of World War II history unfolds near Graz, Austria, where nearly 900 concentration camp prisoners were forced to excavate a vast tunnel system-code-named "Project Marmor"-under inhumane conditions for the Nazi war industry. Over just eight months, they carved nine massive tunnels into the rock, with many not surviving the brutal labor. The story traces both the historical events and the present-day struggle over remembrance. While a small memorial exists at the former camp site, the tunnels themselves remain open, unprotected, and subject to vandalism. Local authorities have shown little interest in preserving the site. Firsthand accounts from a witness and the testimony of French survivor Jean Germaneau offer insight into the suffering endured and the collective amnesia that followed. The film sheds light on how communities confront-or ignore-the darkest parts of their past. —Fynn Prünster
Projekt Marmor - verdrängt und vergessen
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The story of the Peggau-Hinterberg subcamp near Graz and the controversies around its remembrance. It focuses on the prisoners' inhumane conditions and the ongoing debate about how or whether their suffering is remembered today. A forgotten chapter of World War II history unfolds near Graz, Austria, where nearly 900 concentration camp prisoners were forced to excavate a vast tunnel system-code-named "Project Marmor"-under inhumane conditions for the Nazi war industry.
Over just eight months, they carved nine massive tunnels into the rock, with many not surviving the brutal labor. The story traces both the historical events and the present-day struggle over remembrance. While a small memorial exists at the former camp site, the tunnels themselves remain open, unprotected, and subject to vandalism.
Local authorities have shown little interest in preserving the site. Firsthand accounts from a witness and the testimony of French survivor Jean Germaneau offer insight into the suffering endured and the collective amnesia that followed. The film sheds light on how communities confront-or ignore-the darkest parts of their past.
—Fynn Prünster.