544 Known Places

in German:
544 bekannte Orte

 

Between 1938 and 1945, there were approximately 700 Nazi camps of various kinds within the boundaries of the City of Vienna: concentration camp satellite camps, assembly camps, transit camps, detention camps, re-education camps and, above all, forced labour camps. The addresses of around 550 of these sites can still be reconstructed. The experimental documentary film “544 Known Places” depicts these former sites of terror in their present-day form on 16mm film. The film’s aim is to bring forgotten and repressed aspects of the past into the present and back into public consciousness.

in German:
Auf dem Gebiet der Stadt Wien befanden sich von 1938 bis 1945 ungefähr 700 NS-Lager unterschiedlichster Art: KZ-Außenlager, Sammellager, Durchgangslager, Haftlager, Umerziehungslager und vor allem Zwangsarbeitslager. Von ungefähr 550 dieser Orte lassen sich die damaligen Adressen noch rekonstruieren. Der experimentelle Dokumentarfilm „544 bekannte Orte“ zeigt diese ehemaligen Orte des Terrors als 16mm-Film in ihrer heutigen Form. Die Idee des Films ist es, vergessene und verdrängte Aspekte der Vergangenheit in die Gegenwart und zurück ins Bewusstsein zu holen.

Hannes Böck

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18 May 2026

documentary film

Commemoration / remembrance

National Fund budget

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