Which Historicallly-based documentary was released first, The Silent Historian by Dutch filmmaker Simonka de Jong, or Restrepo, directed by American journalist Sebastian Junger?
The Silent Historian The Silent Historian (original title: "Het zwijgen van Loe de Jong [The Silence of Loe de Jong]") is a 2011 Dutch documentary film by Simonka de Jong, shown as part of the January 2012 New York Jewish Film Festival, presented in partnership with Jewish Museum and Film Society of Lincoln Center.
Robert Ericksen Robert Ericksen is a historian of the Holocaust. His book "Theologians Under Hitler" (1985) was widely acclaimed, and was made into a documentary in 2004. He maintains affiliations with the Humboldt Foundation and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and sits on the editorial board of "Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte", an important German journal. He is currently professor of history at Pacific Lutheran University.