Claiming the Memory

Does History repeat itself if its lessons are not learnt? It's only sixty years since the Holocaust, yet levels of Anti-Semitism have risen now to such a degree that UN secretary Kofi Anan recently called for Anti-Semitism to receive the same sanctions as Apartheid.

But who owns Holocaust memory? Who is responsible for carrying it forward?

What relevance does the Holocaust have for the human community as a whole?

'Claiming the Memory' uncovers a paradoxical generational battle for the right to pass on Holocaust legacy, through the conflicting responses of three Australian Jewish generations. From this moving, confrontational and unique perspective, the film explores the impact of the past on our contemporary world, questioning the future of this seminal collective memory.