These cookies are absolutely essential for our website to function properly.
We use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on user needs.
These cookies may be set by third party websites and do things like measure how you view YouTube videos.
Join us to for this special gallery screening to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
The Silent Village – is the true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis retold as if it happened in Wales.
The Silent Village is an exploration of life in Cwmgiedd, near Ystradgynlais in Southern Powys, the film's premise is that the Nazis had indeed invaded Great Britain in 1940 and it tells the story of a community destroyed in the same way as had been the case in Lidice the previous year.
The film shows the miners closing ranks and protecting certain agitators, leading to intervention by the authorities and heartbreaking shots of women and children being led away while the men, singing Land of My Fathers, are gathered and shot.
No violence is shown, nor are the occupying forces other than the one shiny black car. Finally the film closes with shots of reality, the same people still living in Wales is it actually was in 1942/1943 but with an audience educated on what might have been and could still be should Britain fall to the Nazis.
No actors were used in the film and dialogue was not scripted.
The screening will start with an introduction talk led by the Josef Herman foundation.
36 Minutes
We’re always working on new and exciting exhibitions and events – why not be among the first to hear about them?
Sign up to our newsletter
Your name and email address will be used solely for the purpose of sending you our monthly e-newsletter. If you have any questions about your data, how we use it please see our Privacy Notice
