When the Empire fell apart the (DVD)
Dresden from the flower to the destruction
Affectionately called "Florence of the Elbe" - - This film shows in rare recordings from the 30s blossom and shine the Saxon capital up to extinction by the Allied bombing runs of the 13th over the city filled with refugees on February 1945 lay in ruins. About 200,000 people died in the firestorm. The culturally and historically valuable city was buried under 18 million cubic meters of rubble. Witnesses reported that they witnessed in the Dresden bombing and survived.
Approx. 50 minutes
Triumph and Tragedy of the Wilhelm Gustloff
The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff on 30 January 1945 was the greatest maritime disaster in human history: 9343 people lost their lives. Survivors and rescuers describe their harrowing experiences on camera in the fall night on the Baltic Sea. But the years before the tragedy, as the Wilhelm Gustloff sailed as "Strength through Joy"-ship to Madeira, Norway, Italy and even as far as Tripoli, are presented with many fascinating and sometimes never before seen footage.
Approx. 80 minutes
Nemmersdorf 1944 - The truth about a Soviet war crime
One of the typical East Prussian roads leading into the small sleepy village Majakovskoje. About 60 years ago this place was the scene of the most horrific war crimes in the former German civilian population. Majakovskoje hides behind the East Prussian city Nemmersdorf who became a symbol of wartime atrocities of the Red Army: a crime scene, then the number of women, children and old men had been killed. What really happened in those days of October 1944 in Nemmersdorf?
Approx. 56 minutes
Total running time: 186 minutes
Image: 4: 3
Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo
Languages: German
Subtitle: none
Regional Code: PAL 0
EAN-Code: 4028032070941
Rated: from 16 years
