“The Dmitriev Case”: film and discussion in Tübingen

On Tuesday, November 12, at 7 pm, the documentary “The Dmitriev Case” will be shown at the Tübingen Kino Museum (Am Stadtgraben 2). The film will be shown in Russian with English subtitles. It will be followed by a panel discussion. Admission is free.
In the film, a historian from Petrozavodsk sheds light on Stalin’s victims and pays for the truth with his freedom. In the forests of Karelia, against the will of the Russian authorities, Yuri Dmitriev finds mass graves containing thousands of victims of Stalin’s terror, including many Ukrainians and Poles. One day he is arrested and sentenced to 15 years in prison on trumped-up charges, even though his work is internationally recognized. According to the organizers, the film by Jessica Gorter, which will be released in cinemas in 2023, shows the arbitrariness of the Russian system and the perseverance of the researcher. The documentary follows Yuri Dmitriev and his family at close quarters and provides insights into how the Russian state deals with its own history.
Dmitriev headed the Karelian branch of the now defunct human rights organization Memorial, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022. Petrozavodsk has been a twin city of Tübingen since 1989.
Following the screening, Stefan Klingebiel (Department of Art and Culture, City of Tübingen), Klaus Gestow (University of Tübingen) and Nicole Hoeffs-Brinker (MEMORIAL Germany) will discuss the film, moderated by Christopher Blum from the City’s Department of Art and Culture.
The film screening with introduction and discussion is a joint project of the Heinrich Böll Foundation Baden-Württemberg, the Institute for Eastern European History, the Slavic Seminar and the Faculty of Art and Culture at the University of Tübingen.
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