Baseballschlägerjahre - Die Wendegeneration und rechte Gewalt

Baseballschlägerjahre - Die Wendegeneration und rechte Gewalt (2020)

DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

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.

Directors: Adama Ulrich, Claudia Bracholdt, Toralf Staud, Dilan Gropengiesser, Lydia Meyer, Christian Bangel, Heike Kleffner, Sven Wolters, Johannes Radke, Paul Buske, Elke Sasse, Stella Könemann.

Casts

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

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