How do you get pupils to engage with one of the darkest chapters in German history? How do you create points of contact with a place whose horror is no longer immediately apparent today? How do you draw attention to the legacy of a prisoner who did everything in his power to ensure that his testimony would not be forgotten?
The horror of the Dachau concentration camp and its perfidious system are made tangible to the target group by using a concrete biography rendered through a medium closer to them: a graphic novel and an adaptation as animation. The story, based on the records of prisoner Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz, who wrote down his experience in two diaries, is a combination of faithful historical reconstruction and fictional storytelling.
The graphic novel can be found here (in German): https://www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de/geschichte-online/die-graphic-novel-ein-ueberleben-lang/
Leo Rey was born in Bogota (Colombia) in 1979. He started his career as a graphic designer in Colombia and Spain. He later moved to Berlin to join the Goldener Westen & Navos team, where he currently works as a senior motion designer and creative director.
| Leo Rey Director Regine Hähnel Writer Toby Mory Producer Karolin Nusa Storytelling & Illustration Francisco Riolobos Illustration Dilara Schneider Storytelling Long Huy Dao Storytelling Patrick Wolter Motion Designer Jacopo Perico Design Patrick Wagner Design Angela Schulz zur Wiesch Design Ulrich Blöcher Voice Over Nikolaus Radeke Sound Technician Federico Truzzi Sound Design & Music Francesca La Vigna Project Management |
