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Shlomo – The Goldsmith and the Nazi Episode 1: Encounter in Hell

Nomination 2024
CIVIS AUDIO AWARD – Podcasts

Authors:	Martin Kaul, Antonius Kempmann
Editorial:	Christine Adelhardt, Ulrike Toma
Direction:	Matthias Kapohl

Podcast, NDR

Content
Stanislaw Szmajzner, known as “Shlomo”, is one of the few survivors of the Sobibor Nazi extermination camp. By chance, long after the war, he meets Gustav Wagner, the camp’s chief warden, who has gone into hiding. Although unmasked by Shlomo, he remains unmolested but is found stabbed to death in his bathroom two years later. The podcast undertakes an elaborate search for clues and poses the question: What happens when official authorities fail to ensure justice?

Excerpt from the jury’s statement
“The podcast sheds light on a piece of the German past that will not go away and in which the question of justice has highly topical references. Reappraisal of a dramatic case by means of an extremely thorough on-site search for clues. Outstanding craftsmanship.”