1992Documentary1h 30m

Liberators Take Liberties, part 1

Based on years of research into the mass rapes committed by the Red Army at the end of the Second World War. In the first part of the documentary Helke Sander interviews multiple German women who were raped in Berlin by Soviet soldiers in May 1945. Most women never spoke of their experience to anyone, after 46 years of silence they talk for the first time publicly about their violent experiences that have left such a mark.

4.4
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StatusReleased
Original Languagede

Keywords

rapegermanywar crimesworld war iisoviet militaryrape victimwoman directornazi germany

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WDR
WDR