Spurlos verschwunden - Die vergessene Odyssee der Verschleppten

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Spurlos verschwunden - Die vergessene Odyssee der Verschleppten
country / year of production:
Germany / 2006 (x)
original length:
52 min. , color
premiere:
14 March 2007, Arte
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Documentary
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Peter Hartl , Andrzej Klamt
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plot synopsis:
The "Homecoming of the ten thousand" out of Sovjet prison is an important incident of the postwar period. About one third of these people had not been prisoners of war, but political victims of the Stalinism. Over hundred thousands became work-slaves after the war or became kidnapped as german orphans in the Soviet Union. Not much is known about the destinies of these people.
keywords:
forced labour , captivity , returning soldiers , post-war era
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Michael Kroner. Deportation von Deutschen in die Sowjetunion. Zwangsarbeiter in der sowjetischen Wirtschaft (1945 - 1949). Wien: Österr. Landsmannschaft, 2005.
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