Only four survived. The other 127 were dead when the Germans hastily buried their bodies. Antonio Ceseri, one of the four, could hardly breathe under the sand. Sebaldushof near Treuenbrietzen was one of 40,000 labour camps in Nazi Germany. “The Sandmine” is a journey deep into a forgotten part of German-Italian history.
In the Italian city of Trieste there’s the Accademia della Follia, a world-famous troupe of actors with a mental condition. They stage two shows a year in the city’s most prestigious theatre. Ever since the mental hospital closed its doors in 1978, the mentally ill live no longer in an institution.
