We're speaking this week with Daniel Sivan, the Israeli co-director of the new animated Netflix short film, “Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis,” which was shortlisted for the best documentary short Oscar; final nominees will be announced on February 8.

"Camp Confidential” is the latest of several Sivan documentary collaborations with his work and life partner, Mor Loushy, to explore different aspects of Jewish history — their previous films have dealt with subjects such as the Oslo Accords, the Six-Day War and the legacy of AIPAC.

"Camp Confidential" tells the story of a group of Jewish American veterans, refugees of Nazi Germany, whose sole experience of WWII was guarding a secret Nazi POW camp on American soil, outside Washington, DC.

Sivan discusses the use of animation to tell this story, their decision to make it into a short film and how he and Loushy unintentionally became filmmakers telling aspects of the Jewish story.

IMAGE: A still from 'Camp Confidential.' (Netflix via JTA)

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