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Zyklon Portrait -- Film Description:
"A unique, efficient and intimate dissertation using home movies and generic instructional archival material to inform us about Zyklon B, a common pesticide transformed into a genocidal weapon by the Nazis. The film paints a horrifying picture of the Holocaust without using Holocaust imagery. This is a document of great emotional weight, offering insight into how we are reminded of our history by the most common of everyday activities."
-- Stacey Donen


Source:
Toronto International Film Festival [Programme]. Toronto: Toronto International Film Festival, 1999. (p. 177)