Das Licht für die Zukunft

Three 90-year-old contemporary witnesses, who come from German-speaking Czech families and lived through World War II in Bohemia and Moravia, bring to life their childhood and youth memories, especially from the years 1943 to 1952.

Elfriede fled to Austria with her parents and siblings in 1945, and Ewa was fortunate enough to escape with her mother, sister, and brother from an internment camp to Bavaria after the violent expulsion of 1945. Emma’s family was not expelled from Czechoslovakia, but in 1948 they were resettled from the Bohemian Forest to the Ore Mountains, where her father and brother were forced to work in uranium mining. Today, all three are committed to cross-border dialogue. The documentary is framed by quotations from the writings of Renaissance philosopher, theologian, and physician Marsilio Ficino.