Documentary film exploring Holocaust memory, inherited trauma and contemporary political tensions.

Document International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival returns for the month of November.

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LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY

Leah Galant / 78 minutes | USA | 2026

When director Leah Galant left the U.S. for Berlin in 2021, she thought she was going on a traditional “third-generation return” to uncover her family’s Holocaust history.

But, after being detained while filming a pro-Palestine demonstration, and charged with antisemitism, she quickly realized that confronting inherited trauma meant grappling with the present, not just the past.

From brass “Stolpersteine” (stumbling stones) marking former Jewish homes, to concrete slabs, reminders of the Nazi regime’s atrocities are built into the German landscape.

Yet cracks appear in those memorials. The rise of far-right extremism both in the streets and at the ballot box raises urgent questions about what lessons, if any, have truly been learned.

Holocaust memory is often rigidly policed, Palestine activism is equated with antisemitism, and Arab and Muslim communities are increasingly surveilled and silenced.

LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY is a documentary weaving personal essay, observational storytelling, and intimate character studies to explore the uses and abuses of Holocaust memory.

Filmed in the years before and months after the seismic shift of October 7th, the film follows three main protagonists: a third-generation Holocaust survivor’s descendant, Eli, a third-generation Nazi descendant, Johannes, and a Palestinian artist, Michael, each trying to understand what memory means in the present.

This journey through memorials past, present and future follows director Leah Galant’s personal exploration of history, memory and trauma.

As her father’s health, and his ability to speak and share family histories, deteriorates from ALS, she takes on new responsibilities to carry her

family's story of their Holocaust survival. Through voice notes, as he increasingly relies on text-to-speech, the film interweaves intimate yet universal explorations on the burden of history, and what it means to learn from the past to shape the present.

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