MARIANNES HEIMKEHR: Die Jüdin, der Beamte und das Dorf

In the organizer's words:

MARIANNE'S HOMECOMING: THE JEWESS, THE CIVIL SERVANT AND THE VILLAGE

Documentary film Gert Monheim/Stefan Röttger, D 2003, with director Gert Monheim

Marianne Stern-Winter was the only one of her family to survive deportation from the Düsseldorf slaughterhouse to the Riga ghetto. She returns to her hometown in 1945. Strangers were living in her parents' house and the family's last possessions had been sold at public auction. In her distress, Marianne turns to the same tax official who had previously "aryanized" her parents' property. Now he is the "restitution expert" and responsible for compensating the few survivors (Photo: privately owned).

Joachim Schröder, director of the Alter Schlachthof memorial site, introduces the new series of events, while director Gert Monheim provides information about the genesis of the film and its significance.
film and its significance.