In 1941, the sixteen year old Walerian Wróbel is sent to Germany as a forced laborer. Isolated, exploited and utterly alone, he develops a desperate homesickness and attempts to escape. What follows is a nightmarish mixture of NS judicial procedure and cruelty which was perfectly encapsulated in American Prosecutor Telford Taylor’s famous quote: „The dagger of the assassin was concealed behind the robe of the jurist.“
00:00 Introduction: A Cancerous Dream
05:50 Chapter I: A Trickster from Fałków
10:43 Chapter II: A Shadow over Poland
15:22 Chapter III: A Farm in Bremen
23:01 Chapter IV: A Police Investigation
27:33 Chapter V: A Circle in Neuengamme
41:28 Chapter VI: A Trial
01:05:03 Chapter VII: A Letter
01:09:13 Epilogue
Sources:
1. The trial documents (in German) can be found in the Bremen Archive under the following signatures: StAB 10.B Al 1333 and StAB 4.44/3 357
2. Walerjan Wróbel's Homesickness: A Special Trial 1941/42 (Das Heimweh des Walerjan Wróbel: Ein Sondergerichtsverfahren 1941/42) by Christoph U. Schminck-Gustavus, J. H. W.Dietz Verlag, Bonn, 1986
3. Walerjan Wrobel's Homesickness (Das Heimweh des Walerjan Wróbel) (German film, directed by Rolf Schübel, 1991)
4. Luise. Archeology of an Injustice (Luise. Archäologie eines Unrechts.), photography exhibition by Stefan Weger, 2021.
5. Interview with Stefan Weger by Annette Schuhmann (in German): [ Ссылка ]
