7 Days in Auschwitz

Early in the morning, Andrzej drives to Auschwitz- Birkenau, lost in thoughts, past former barracks, potholes and summery meadows. He is a conservator at the memorial site of Auschwitz. Today he repairs one of the former deportation wagons. Hammering and drilling into the incomprehensible history - against forgetting. The authors Christian von Brockhausen and Timo Großpietsch joined him for 7 days in Auschwitz. They lived and worked there for a week. ‘Through the hands into the mind and then into the heart’ is Andrzej’s advice to both of them. How can the helpers bear living and working here? How do the authors cope with being confronted with the feeling of guilt? A feeling that clings here and won’t leave German visitors, even those born decades after the end of the war. The programme narrates daily life in Auschwitz as it is now. At the same time it gives surprising insights into the difficulties of later generations in coming to terms with the trauma of Auschwitz.