80064

2005 • Directed by

Artur Żmijewski

Documentary

Zmijewski decided to persuade a former World War II concentration camp prisoner to "renew" his prisoner number, tattooed on the man's forearm. We see Zmijewski talking to Józef Tarnawa, a 92-year-old former prisoner of the concentration camp at Auschwitz, in a tattoo parlour. Tarnawa answers questions about life in the camp. He is still hesitant, unsure whether a "restored" number will still be authentic.