Kriegsende an Rhein, Ruhr und Weser

original title:
Kriegsende an Rhein, Ruhr und Weser
country / year of production:
Germany / 2004
original length:
3x45 min. , color
premiere:
1 April 2005, WDR
genre:
Documentary
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director:
Mathias Haentjes , Florian Opitz , Anne Roerkohl
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plot synopsis:
The documentary film consists of three parts and deals with different situations at the end of World War II. During Nazi time is already over in Aachen, the Gestapo kills masses of forced workers in Dortmund.
keywords:
liberation , execution , denazification , retreat , war crimes , battle-fatigue
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Gerhard Hirschfeld/ Irina Renz (Hg.). Vormittags die ersten Amerikaner. Stimmen und Bilder vom Kriegsende 1945. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 2005.
remarks:
Part 1: Bangen und Hoffen.
Part 2: Der Kessel.
Part 3: Die Zeitenwende.
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