DIE VERWANDLUNG
DES GUTEN NACHBARN / THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE GOOD NEIGHBOUR
GERMANY 2002
DIRECTOR: Peter Nestler, 85 MIN
The rebellion in the concentration camp Sobibór in October 1943
is one of the defining events in the history of the Third Reich. One of
the 320 inmates who managed to escape was 16-year-old Thomas Toivi Blatt.
The newly won freedom turned out to be an illusion, though. Old friends
denied him assistance and one of his supposed protectors even tried to
kill him. Blatt, who now lives in the US, has been working on his live-story
“From the Ashes of Sobibor: A Story of Survival” for forty
years – regularly visiting his former homeland. Renowned documentary-filmmaker
Peter Nestler accompanied him on his trips to Poland, trying to answer
the question: How is it that good neighbours or even friends can turn
into traitors, tormentors and murderers?
Caligari: 07.04. / 1.30 p.m.
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