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For example, in May 1945, up to 1,000 people killed themselves before and after the entry of Red Army into the German town of Demmin which resulted in a wave of rapes, pillage and executions committed by Red Army soldiers. It’s fascinating to watch this color footage of the summer of 1945. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Auch in der Hansestadt Demmin sind die Folgen der letzten Kriegswirren zu spüren. Die Überlebende Brigitte Roßow erinnert sich. Delivered in black and white with little dialogue, this film uncovers a dark secret kept by a whole village about the betrayal of a friendship for personal gain. Rent HD $3.99. The German journalist and historian Florian Huber wrote the book “Kind, versprich mir, dass du dich erschießt” (Child Promise Me That You Will Shoot Yourself) which is devoted to the events of mass suicide in Demmin in 1945. Death toll estimates vary. It’s fascinating to watch this color footage of the summer of 1945. Revenge? More purchase options. Die Welle aus Hass und Rache erreichte Anfang Mai 1945 im vorpommerschen Demmin ihren Höhepunkt. The cinematography and music enhance the story well. Berlin 1945 in Video: the Destroyed German Capital. Buy HD $9.99. I would really like to show this to some of my Hungarian friends but I'm' afraid I'd be tarred and feathered. Mesmerizing story about guilt and when faced,, what it does to you. Add to Watchlist.
Excellent photography and fascinating characters. What can I Say about this incredible story, so touching and historically worth to see in the world we live right now. Watch with Prime Start your 30-day free trial. Die Kleinstadt wurde von Rotarmisten gebrandschatzt, die Bevölkerung terrorisiert. "What do they want? Watching the interactions of the villagers as they confront their greed draws you into a different kind of world of people who struggled, did wrong when perhaps that's all they could do, and then have to face it later. Facile and pandering, anti-Catholic and anti-European propaganda for the dim-witted. He wrote that people who decided to commit suicide alone were few. Truly a rare work of fine cinematic art. I was once told by a survivor that when she returned to her shtetl in Lithuania, many of the villagers were found using tallisim looted from Jewish homes as table clothes 70 years later. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.
Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Watch for $0.00 with Prime. Angesichts der deutschen Niederlage im Zweiten Weltkrieg nahmen sich 1945 Tausende Deutsche das Leben. Anyone who stole from and denounced Jews during World War II (and their descendants) should be forced to watch this. This is not what you think it is. It has all the makings of a "Holocaust Film" (I don't mean to disparage this important genre) but ends up being an American Western. If you believe in karma the ending fits the crime. Massensuizid in Demmin 1945: Ein Kriegskind erinnert sich | Video | Eine fast unbeschreibliches Drama ereignet sich Anfang Mai 1945 in Demmin: Aus Angst vor der Roten Armee töten sich Hunderte Menschen selbst - und ihre Kinder. Other reviewers have compared this film to High Noon. Reclaim their land? And how its people managed to survive through one of the biggest battles in history. The townspeople are in a panic. Two strangers are returning to town. They still refuse to believe that the Hungarian gendarme, train station masters, and the Hungarian Nazi Arrow Cross had anything to do with the deportation of over 400,000 Hungarian Jews in the Spring and Summer of 1944. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness.Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Mai 1945 – der Zweite Weltkrieg ist in Europa zu Ende. Do we turn them away?" Really liked this movie.
In this astonishingly haunting film, deep undercurrents run beneath the simple surface in a quaint village that's ultimately forced to face up to its "ill-gotten gains" from the Second World War. If you pay attention to the people in this short movie, you are going to find only the old, the woman and the young. Do we give it back? This is the first time that we see the rubble women working to clear the streets and the buildings. slow moving and a deep look into betrayal and trust This video from Berlin in 1945 is an important document showing how this city coped with its destruction. That's what I thought while watching it. On 1 May 1945, hundreds of people committed mass suicide in Demmin, a town then in the Province of Pomerania, now in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Just a brief few weeks after the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany in May 1945, you can see that the day to day life of Berlin is starting to come back into shape. Everyone else was displaced, sent to war or died in the years before.
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Massensuizid in Demmin 1945: Als sich eine Stadt selbst auslöschen wollte Detailansicht öffnen NS-Propagandaminister Goebbels besucht im März 1945 ein letztes Mal die Ostfront. Demmin in Vorpommern war im Mai 1945 Ort des größten Massenselbstmordes am Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Still makes my blood boil. It was not what I expected it to be, but was excellent and thought-provoking. This movie breaks my heart but tells the truth. Die Stadt ist zerstört. In Berlin alone more than 7,000 suicides were reported in 1945. It was profoundly touching, and now in 2018, some 73 years later, I found it historically educational.