
Vacation in Sylt
A sober, quietly angry short documentary that assembles evidence and testimony into a pointed indictment, asking the viewer to sit with uncomfortable facts.
- Directed by
- Annelie Thorndike, Andrew Thorndike
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Irmgard Düren, Raimund Schelcher, Gerry Wolff
- Overview
- The East German documentary uncovers the postwar career of Heinz Reinefarth, the former SS general responsible for atrocities during the Warsaw Uprising who became mayor of Westerland on the island of Sylt. Combining archival footage with contemporary interviews, the film indicts West Germany for allowing former Nazi officials to return to public office.
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- Directed by
- Annelie Thorndike, Andrew Thorndike
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Irmgard Düren, Raimund Schelcher, Gerry Wolff










