The Return

The Return is a South African documentary film exploring the aftermath of the Holocaust and anti-Semitism, but also of apartheid, colonial violence, contemporary racism as well as Israeland Palestine through the interwoven stories of South African and German interviewees involved in a range of memory struggles. It shows fractures and connections between ideologies and structures and explores the return of ‘white supremacy’ and fascism today. The film moves between South Africa and Germany and from there to the controversial significance that Israel has for the German politics of remembrance.  

The filmmakers Mark Kaplan and Heidi Grunebaum are both Jewish South Africans whose families fled from the Nazis to Southern Africa who have been committed to dealing with human rights crimes, anti-racism and postcolonial justice for many years. After the film screening they will join us for a discussion together with Emily Dische-Becker.