EIN STUMMER HUND WILL ICH NICHT SEIN

The film follows the fate of the Catholic priest Korbinian Aigner who was deported to the Dachau concentration camp on account of civil disorder against the German Nazi regime in 1941. He was forced to work in the dreaded herb garden where biodynamic methods were used to grow herbs and spices – for the “recovery“ of the German people – while exterminating the prisoners by forced labour.

At the risk of his life Aigner managed to grow new kinds of apples between the barracks and to have the seedlings smuggled out of the camp – as his personal attempt to resist extermination by creating new life. One of these apples survived and is planted today as a memory tree worldwide.

The film aims at conveying the little-known story of this unbending priest, recording his life and the destiny of all the people having been tortured and assassinated in Dachau concentration camp and all the other death camps. The example of Korbinian Aigner as an upright and courageous man will inspire us to stand up for reconciliation, for humanity and for living together in respect and peace – and against any form of racism, antisemitism, antiislamism and any other forms of human exclusion.

Walter Steffen © TH. Heinser photos © Konzept+Dialog.Media 2024