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Helgoland dem Frieden (1951)
Directed by Peter Peer
“Heligoland – An isle with a turbulent history”
Documentary · 16m
Under the sign of the swastika, it was, amongst other things, turned into a naval base, it got heavily destroyed in two waves of attack in April of 1945 by British bombers. After the war, Heligoland was made available as bombing training ground for the English army by the West-German government. Seven young people occupied the isle and began to repair the emergency shelter for sailors who got in danger. This and further major actions eventually ended the bombing exercises. Back then, the watchword was: “Heligoland to the Germans! “ – “Heligoland for peace!”
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Peter Peer
- Writer
- Peter Peer
- Editor
- Ella Ensink
Details
- Release date
- 1951-12-01
- Runtime
- 16m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany, Germany
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme