SIX MILLION.
AND ONE.
SIX MILLION.
AND ONE.
A documentary film
by Tina Fuchs
On March 29, 1946, Auschwitz survivor Samuel Danziger was shot dead in Stuttgart during a raid targeting black market activities. The case drew international attention. The New York Times quoted a survivor who claimed she could identify the shooter as a member of the Stuttgart police force—someone she recognized as a former concentration camp guard. Although the American military government launched an investigation, it was soon quietly dropped. The first Jew to be killed by Germans after the Holocaust was meant to be forgotten.
More than 75 years later, Samuel Danziger’s grandson living in Canada, begins a journey to uncover the truth behind the killing. He is joined by a young historian who grew up in the very place where his grandfather was shot.
The film also leads to another powerful revelation. Samuel Danziger’s son, who witnessed his father being shot in the head during the raid in Stuttgart, is known around the world. He was the little boy captured in the iconic footage of children being liberated from Auschwitz—images that have become etched into our collective memory.
The Crew
Director Tina Fuchs
Cinematography Eva Gensch – Sound Helmut Walter – Assistance Fabian Biemel – Editing Helmar Jungmann (BfS) – Music Therese Strasser – Vocals “Gurgulitza” (Madlen Stange, Netta Shahar, Nitsan Bernstein) – Archive Production Christin Köppen – Motion Design Niklas Heinzerling, Chantale Eglin – Design Fabian Weller – Color Grading Peter Hacker – Sound Design and Mixing Christian Heck
Howard Danziger
Howard Danziger, Samuel’s grandson and Marek’s son, works in the art business in Canada. He is a passionate cyclist and explores the world by bike. He is a thoughtful, open-minded man in his late fifties with a fine sense of humor. It was a miracle that his grandfather, grandmother, father and aunt, who were separated from each other in Auschwitz, survived the concentration camp. And it was a great stroke of luck that they were reunited a year after liberation. However, the fact that his grandfather was shot shortly afterwards during a raid in Stuttgart can hardly be surpassed in terms of cruelty. This event is part of Howard’s life, especially as he was born on the same day that his grandfather’s life was taken. From this perspective, Howard Danziger begins to explore the story of his grandfather’s shooting in Germany in 1946. His present is reflected in his confrontation with the past.
Io Josefine Geib
Io Josefine Geib is in her late twenties and grew up on Reinsburgstrasse. She is a bright, eloquent, and lively young researcher. Only recently she learned that her parents‘ home at number 199 must have been used as a synagogue during the time of the DP camp. Until a few years ago, she didn’t even know that from 1945 to 1949 there was a camp for Jewish displaced persons on Reinsburgstrasse. The historian wrote her first master’s thesis at Goethe University Frankfurt on modern antisemitism. She then learned about the history of the camp and began a second master’s thesis on the DP camp and the fatal raid. Josefine will search for clues with Howard. She being the granddaughter of generation of the perpetrators, he being the son of survivors.
Imprint / Contact
Tina Fuchs
Stuttgart
Tina.t.fuchs@proton.me