Baseballschlägerjahre - Die Wendegeneration und rechte Gewalt

Baseballschlägerjahre - Die Wendegeneration und rechte Gewalt

2020
1h 29min

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.

Baseballschlägerjahre - Die Wendegeneration und rechte Gewalt

Storyline

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.
Cast
Nurcan Özdemir
Self - Narrator (voice)
Christian Bangel
Self - Interviewee
Klaus Baldauf
Self - Interviewee
Marcus Reinert
Self - Interviewee
René Wilke
Self - Interviewee
David Begrich
Self - Interviewee
Gabriele Herbst
Self - Interviewee
Wolfgang Kaleck
Self - Interviewee
Wolfgang Mönckmeyer
Self - Interviewee
Dennis H.
Self - Interviewee
Juliana Gombe
Self - Interviewee
Mustafa Hussein
Self - Interviewee
Augusto Jone Munjunga
Self - Interviewee
Moises Myuma
Self - Interviewee
Uta Leichsenring
Self - Interviewee
Volker Schäfer
Self - Interviewee
Heinz-Joachim Lohmann
Self - Interviewee
Steven Hartung
Self - Interviewee
Fabian Wichmann
Self - Interviewee
Nguyen Dinh Khoi
Self - Interviewee
Nguyen Lan Chi
Self - Interviewee
Björn Höcke
Björn Höcke
Self - Orator
Alexander Gauland
Alexander Gauland
Self - Orator
Amadeu António
Self (archive footage)
Ulrich Laser
Self (archive footage)
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