Feuersturm über Hamburg

original title:
Feuersturm über Hamburg
other titles:
Zehn Tage Bombenkrieg im Sommer 1943
country / year of production:
Germany / 2003
original length:
60 min. , color
premiere:
25 July 2003, NDR
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Documentary
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Christian Mangels
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This documentary deals with the British and American bombing on Hamburg during World War II. The bombing, during that 30.000 to 40.000 people died, took from Juli 25th to August 3rd in 1943. Dud shots of the catastrophe can be found until today and also the traumatic memories of the survivors last.
keywords:
air raid , house-to-house fighting , civilians , women during wartime , children , youth during wartime
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Volker Hage. Hamburg 1943. Literarische Zeugnisse zum Feuersturm. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, 2003.

Christoph Kucklick. Feuersturm. Der Bombenkrieg gegen Deutschland. Hamburg: Ellert & Richter, 2003.
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