Title: The nasty girl /
Authors: Verhoeven, Michael, 1938-; Michael Senftleben.; Stolze, Lena, 1956-; Müller, Hans-Reinhard,; Baumgartner, Monika, 1951-; Bertram, Elisabeth, cast.; Sentana Filmproduktion.; FilmFernsehFonds Bayern Collection (Harvard Film Archive)
Publisher: [s.n.,
Year: 1989
Subjects: Rosmus, Anna, Drama.; Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.; World War, 1939-1945 Collaborationists Germany Drama.; Archives Access control Germany; Hypocrisy Drama.; Informers; Fascists Germany Drama.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Drama; Political violence; High school students Germany Drama.; Murder; Man-woman relationships; National socialism; Germany History Drama.
Abstract: The title character is a German high school student who, having won an essay competition entitled "Freedom in Europe," finds the inhabitants of her town unwilling to participate in her next essay, "My Home Town During the Third Reich." The film is based on the real life experiences of Anja Rosmus who was ostracized from her community for delving into her town's connection to the Nazi party during the 1930's and 40's. Rosmus grew up in the Bavarian town of Passau near the Austrian border. Passau had extensive connections to the Nazi party prior to and during World War II; many of Passau's Jewish residents fled to the United States during this period. The film depicts German fascism, not only in the past, but also in the present. In the course of the film, Sonja learns that there had been eight concentration camps in the area and that all the town's Jews were forced to flee and their property confiscated. Sonja eventually wins a court case granting her access to the town's archives. In response, her town's hostility escalates from verbal abuse, to death threats, to physical assaults as they attempt to silence her, but nothing deters her. The family survives a bomb attack from the angry townsfolk, but Sonja keeps up her research.