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Spielball der Weltpolitik – Als Elten niederländisch wurde

2021-05-06
8
de 43m
DocumentaryTV Movie
It is an unknown chapter of the German post-war history: On April 23rd, 1949, the kingdom of the Netherlands occupied German soil as a pledge for demanded war reparations. Part of the annexed territories was also the small municipality of Elten. While the people of Elten were initially afraid of the occupation, the time “with Holland” actually became a miracle of prosperity and economy about which many people from Elten still rave today. The occupation period ended with the largest organized smuggling in the history of the federal republic of Germany. The Documentary shows this in never before released 8 mm footage!

Camera Operator

Eddy Zimmermann

Director

Dietrich Duppel

Screenplay

Dietrich Duppel

Camera Operator

Oliver Kratz

Camera Operator

Jens Boeck

Sound

Augusto Castellano

germany netherlands foreign occupation post-war years german history

Status

Released

Countries

  • Germany

Companies

  • Beetz Brothers Film Production
  • WDR
  • ARTE