Esther Niemeier's great-grandmother fell victim to the Nazi-euthanasia program. She sought divorce and wound up a psychiatric patient at her ex-husband's hand. Free-willed women had to be insane, after all.

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100 years after the end of German colonial rule, HAUNTING HEIMAT portrays two Namibian women who confidently face their Namibian-German heritage.

Funded by the Crossing Borders research grant and the German Fonds NEUSTART Kultur.