Film

Baseballschlägerjahre - Die Wendegeneration und rechte Gewalt

6.0

1h 29m

2020

Synopsis

After the end of the GDR, thrashings, threats and hunts were part of everyday life. In the years after the reunification of the early 1990s, hatred, racism and violence against foreigners and supporters of leftist ideology broken out in Eastern Germany. Most of those involved was young people. In many cities and towns, the streets and squares belonged to the right-wing scene, organized in neo-Nazi comradeships. Bomber jackets, combat boots and the Hitler salute showed the intimidated rest where they were. The baseball bat was a popular weapon. There were riots, attacks on asylum seekers' homes, mass brawls and hunt downs to those who look or think differently. It doesn't took long and the first deaths were to be mourned. The majority of the Eastern German population looked the other way or even applauded the deeds. A bad omen for the political development of later years. In six film segments, a team of authors take a look at the time reflected in interviews with contemporary witnesses.

Director

Adama Ulrich

Claudia Bracholdt

Toralf Staud

Dilan Gropengiesser

Lydia Meyer

Christian Bangel

Heike Kleffner

Sven Wolters

Johannes Radke

Paul Buske

Elke Sasse

Stella Könemann

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Cast & Crew

Nurcan Özdemir

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Christian Bangel

as Self - Interviewee

Klaus Baldauf

as Self - Interviewee

Marcus Reinert

as Self - Interviewee

René Wilke

as Self - Interviewee

David Begrich

as Self - Interviewee

Gabriele Herbst

as Self - Interviewee

Wolfgang Kaleck

as Self - Interviewee

Wolfgang Mönckmeyer

as Self - Interviewee

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