IN HEAVEN, UNDERGROUND
Director Britta WAUER
Countries Germany
Duration 90 min
Synopsis
In the north of Berlin, concealed in a residential area, surrounded by walls and covered with a primeval forest of trees, rhododendron and ivy - such is the Weissensee Jewish Cemetery. It was created in 1880, is about 100 acres in size, currently contains 115,000 graves and is still being used for burials. Neither the cemetery nor its archives have ever been destroyed – it is a paradise for gatherers of stories. Britta Wauer and her camera man, Kaspar Koepke, went time and time again to the Jewish Cemetery and found it a very lively place - people from around the world visit and can tell of Jewish, Berliner and also the de history that this place is filled by.
In the north of Berlin, concealed in a residential area, surrounded by walls and covered with a primeval forest of trees, rhododendron and ivy - such is the Weissensee Jewish Cemetery. It was created in 1880, is about 100 acres in size, currently contains 115,000 graves and is still being used for burials. Neither the cemetery nor its archives have ever been destroyed – it is a paradise for gatherers of stories. Britta Wauer and her camera man, Kaspar Koepke, went time and time again to the Jewish Cemetery and found it a very lively place - people from around the world visit and can tell of Jewish, Berliner and also the de history that this place is filled by.