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Her Name Was Violet


A simple pairing of fire footage and a photograph from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), Her name was Violet pays homage to a girl who once had her whole life in front of her.

Studio portrait of Violet Mermelstein, 1940-1941, courtesy of USHMM.

  • Commissioned by the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto for their 25th anniversary
  • PREMIERE: Cinematheque Ontario
  • Worldwide Short Film Festival, June 2007






2006, video, experimental documentary, 3 minutes
Distributor - cfmdc.org


© Elida Schogt 2021
  • About
  • Films & Videos
    • Trilogy >
      • Zyklon Portrait
      • The Walnut Tree
      • Silent Song
    • ZERO the inside story
    • Her name was Violet
    • Crossed wires
  • Art
    • 52 Weeks. 52 Women
    • Collages
    • Beside Oneself
    • Still Girl - I
    • Still Girl - II
    • Violet Spectrum
    • The Caged Bird Sings
  • WRITING
  • Research
    • Beside Oneself - process
    • fog experiments
    • my room
    • liquid state
  • PRESS
  • Contact