The Mystery of Femma
In 1944, 16-year-old Femma Swaalep ended up in extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. The man responsible for the deportation of this half-Jewish girl was the German racial specialist Hans Calmeyer. Miraculously Femma survives the horrors, but recently the now 92-year-old is plagued by the knowledge that her tormentor is revered as a hero at home and abroad.
Directed by Alfred Edelstein
Netherlands, 2020
Documentary
Dutch, German, Russian (with English subtitles)
55 minutes
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The Mystery of Femma