Zajeti v Izviru – Slovenski otroci Lebensborna
- Documentary Film
- 79'
- 2023
- Slovenia
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A documentary about the last living victims of nazi racial experiment.
In 1942, approximately thirty Slovenian babies were selected and stolen through a "racial selection" process and included in the notorious Nazi program called Lebensborn (Source of Life). This program was designed to promote the Aryan race and was led by Heinrich Himmler. As part of the program, babies were forcibly taken from their families across Europe and subsequently adopted by German couples who were perceived as loyal to the Nazi regime. The film tells the story of four "children of the Lebensborn“: Ingrid Von Oelhafen from Germany, Haymo Henry Hayder from Costa Rica, Franc Zagožen from Belgium, and Ivan Acman from Slovenia. The protagonists of the documentary serve as the last living witnesses to a horrific racial experiment that never resulted in punishment for those responsible for the Lebensborn program. Each of them shares their unique journey of discovering the truth about their origins, accepting that truth, and ultimately finding inner peace. By offering glimpses into the protagonists' current lives and their ongoing awareness of global events, the film emphasizes that similar atrocities continue to occur, notably in Ukraine at the present moment.
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In Der Quelle Erfasst (German)
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Zajeti v izviru je film, ki naslavlja nepoznan in izjemno pomemben del naše preteklosti, hkrati pa predstavlja pomemben fragment oz. gradnik naše kolektivne identitete. Iz priloženih dokumentov je zaznati avtoričino strast ter veliko količino že vloženega dela. Komisija ocenjuje, da ima film velik pomen za razvoj ustvarjanja slovenskih avdiovizualnih del. Tema, ki jo film obravnava predstavlja pomemben potencial za uveljavljanje slovenske avdiovizualne produkcije tako doma kot v tujini. Film Zajeti v izviru odstira kvalitete, ki imajo velik pomen za razvoj slovenske kulture in slovenskega jezika. Projekt po mnenju komisije ne izkorišča potenciala v kreativnem, inovativnem in aktualnem pristopu, a je predviden klasičen pristop k obravnavi predstavljene tematike ustrezen.
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