FLECKS TIME PRODUCTION
Under the name Flecks Time Production the sisters
Franziska Fleckenstein (scriptwriter, director, production manager) and
Catharina Fleckenstein (actress, director) work together on projects they develop
and are responsible for.
MENSCH SEIN
A field on Fittingstrasse in the industrial area of Singen am Hohentwiel.
Here, during World War 2, forced labourers who were deployed to work in Singen
businesses or in agriculture in the Hegau region were housed in barracks.
After the war, the camp was used for German prisoners of war.
Our father came there in the winter of 1945. He was 21 years old.
In spring 1946, Capitaine Jean Le Pan de Ligny took over responsibility for the
Depot 231 Bonaparte, camp de prisonniers de guerre. Under his leadership,
the camp changed from a starvation camp to a model camp. It is thanks to his work
that the prisoners developed the courage and will to live.
Even today, the Theresienkapelle, which Capitaine de Ligny had built by prisoners,
is a visible sign of reconciliation and international understanding.
Our father was entrusted by Capitaine de Ligny with the management of the Varieté group.
With the money the guest performances brought in, food, cigarettes and even alcohol
could be procured for the prisoners of war.
Günther Fleckenstein (1924-2020) recorded his experiences of this time in writing much later.
From these texts and the letters of other fellow prisoners the reading
>Mensch Sein< was created on the occasion of the 75th anniversary
of the Theresienkapelle. Text selection by the Fleckenstein sisters.
With Wolfgang Gellert and Catharina Fleckenstein
Supported by the Förderverein Theresienkapelle Singen e.V. and
the Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Baden-Würtemberg