Irene Schulz
Kleine Klaus 16
Germany (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg)
competing for PRIX EUROPA Student Award - Rising Star AUDIO
It's an audio feature about the ancient venereal ward in Halle (Saale), Germany. During the GDR, women and girls were forcibly admitted and abused to re-educate them into ‘socialist personalities’. I grew up in Halle but did not know about this place until my mid-20s. With this feature I tell the story of the so called Tripperburg (‘clap castle’) and ask how it can be that such a place full of historical meaning is in danger of being forgotten.