Past and Present
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An account of the historical and political climate which gave rise to the formation of the German Democratic Republic after the collapse of the fascist regime at the end of the Second World War. [WARNING: contains distressing scenes of concentration camp victims.]. The film focuses on the social, economic and political goals of the GDR and highlights the influence of the Soviet Union in European anti-fascist movements from the 1930s to the present day. Includes Second World War footage of Berlin under attack and the Reichstag in ruins, followed by footage of the liberation of Berlin. The film examines the formation of anti-fascist democratic parties, the Potsdam agreement, the GDR's friendship with the Soviet Union and the role of the National People's Army. Also discusses the involvement of the Soviet Union in the Spanish Civil War.
Complete catalog record
Alternate title: Damals und Heute. English.
Original source: Reproduction of: Damals und Heute GDR (German Democratic Republic), 1968. 16mm Comb BW pos. | The British Film Institute | Archive Reference: N-507344. | Production Company: Camera DDR.
Release: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017.
Physical description: 1 online resource (video file 0:43:34) : sound, black and white | monochrome
Subjects: Anti-fascist movements -- Europe -- History -- 20th century | Peace movements -- Germany (East) -- History -- 20th century | War memorials -- Germany (East) -- History -- 20th century | Socialism -- Germany (East) -- History | World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Liberation | Internment camps | War memorials | Liberty | International relations | Anti-fascist movements | Germany (East) -- Relations -- Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Germany (East) | Europe | Second World War (1939-1945) | Fascism | Imperialism | Nazism | Memorials | Commemorations | Socialism | Soviet army | Red Army | Concentration camps | Ruins | Liberation | Peace | Celebrations | Revolutions | Anti-Fascism | Government | War crimes | Punishment | Reconstruction | Workers | Democracy | Education | Social Democrats | Communism | Dictatorships | Reichstag fire | Political prisoners | Book burning | Capitalism | Commerce | Industry | Economy | Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) | Resistance movements | Partisans | Military | Arts and culture | Peace movements | Friendship | Women | Children | Parades and marches | UN (United Nations) | Wars | Stalingrad (Volgograd) | Berlin | USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) | Paris | France | Moscow | New York | USA (United States of America) | German Democratic Republic (GDR) | Germany | Brezhnev, Leonid (1906-1982) | Aldridge, James (1918-2015) | Simonov, Konstantin (1915-1979) | Seghers, Anna (1900-1983) | Honecker, Erich (1912-1994) | Stalin, Josef (1878-1953) | Churchill, Winston (1874-1965) | Pieck, Wilhelm (1876-1960) | Liebknecht, Karl (1871-1919) | Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945) | Kessler, Heinz (1920- ) | Fischer, Oskar (1923- ) | Documentary | 1939-1945 | 1946-1953 | 1954-1975 | 1900-1999
Original source: Reproduction of: Damals und Heute GDR (German Democratic Republic), 1968. 16mm Comb BW pos. | The British Film Institute | Archive Reference: N-507344. | Production Company: Camera DDR.
Release: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017.
Physical description: 1 online resource (video file 0:43:34) : sound, black and white | monochrome
Subjects: Anti-fascist movements -- Europe -- History -- 20th century | Peace movements -- Germany (East) -- History -- 20th century | War memorials -- Germany (East) -- History -- 20th century | Socialism -- Germany (East) -- History | World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Liberation | Internment camps | War memorials | Liberty | International relations | Anti-fascist movements | Germany (East) -- Relations -- Soviet Union | Soviet Union | Germany (East) | Europe | Second World War (1939-1945) | Fascism | Imperialism | Nazism | Memorials | Commemorations | Socialism | Soviet army | Red Army | Concentration camps | Ruins | Liberation | Peace | Celebrations | Revolutions | Anti-Fascism | Government | War crimes | Punishment | Reconstruction | Workers | Democracy | Education | Social Democrats | Communism | Dictatorships | Reichstag fire | Political prisoners | Book burning | Capitalism | Commerce | Industry | Economy | Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) | Resistance movements | Partisans | Military | Arts and culture | Peace movements | Friendship | Women | Children | Parades and marches | UN (United Nations) | Wars | Stalingrad (Volgograd) | Berlin | USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) | Paris | France | Moscow | New York | USA (United States of America) | German Democratic Republic (GDR) | Germany | Brezhnev, Leonid (1906-1982) | Aldridge, James (1918-2015) | Simonov, Konstantin (1915-1979) | Seghers, Anna (1900-1983) | Honecker, Erich (1912-1994) | Stalin, Josef (1878-1953) | Churchill, Winston (1874-1965) | Pieck, Wilhelm (1876-1960) | Liebknecht, Karl (1871-1919) | Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945) | Kessler, Heinz (1920- ) | Fischer, Oskar (1923- ) | Documentary | 1939-1945 | 1946-1953 | 1954-1975 | 1900-1999
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