Tue, Jan 12, 2016
"Of course I'm a perpetrator", says Eberhard Schwarzer, a former Stasi employee from Frankfurt an der Oder, and I'm ashamed of it too. Frank Heymann from Leipzig adds: One resists for a long time, but today it is clear to me: the GDR rightly failed the way it was. Former employees of the Ministry for State Security (MfS) step in front of the camera to express their remorse and their respect for the victims. They talk about their life after the GDR, about the difficult new beginning and the often lengthy integration into West German society.
Fri, Apr 1, 2016
Just hours after the murder of Sweden's Prime Minister Olof Palme became known, the Stasi formed its own murder investigation group called Department XXII. On October 15, 1986, Günter Jäckel reported to Stasi General Gerhard Neiber about the results of the search for Olof Palme's killer. The man Stasi singled out was the refugee smuggler Amir Heidari.
Fri, Jul 28, 2017
"The Nazis were all in the West" - this was and is often the common opinion about the whereabouts of National Socialist perpetrators and followers after the Second World War. But did all the Nazis who stayed in the SBZ and the GDR actually receive their just punishments or did they go to the West prematurely? Or were there also brown shadows in the biographies of some East Germans?
Wed, May 6, 2020
"What to do with our toxic waste? The Dangerous Legacy of Humanity." - It's the dark side of our industry: toxic waste. Industrial chemical waste has been accumulating in Germany for over 100 years, which was often simply dumped into the landscape. Especially bad in Bitterfeld-Wolfen. In this film, MDR WISSEN shows how this problem came about and what solutions international research offers.
Wed, Apr 28, 2021
For years, Ilse Koch lived with her family in the commander's villa on the Ettersberg, while just a few meters away tens of thousands of people starved, were tortured and forced to do forced labor, and died a painful death. But who was the "witch of Buchenwald"? Based on the trial protocols, the film traces the life of Ilse Koch on the Ettersberg near Weimar and explores how she was able to lead a lower middle-class life in such a place, with the declared aim of giving her husband a cozy evening "after work". to create home? How did she see her role as a wife at the side of a concentration camp commander?
Thu, Apr 7, 2022
More than 10 years ago, Jenny Rasche, who is now 38, discovered a Roma settlement during a trip to Romania. Some of the people live in holes in the ground - without water, without electricity. A slum. In the middle of Europe. Hidden behind a mountain village near Sibiu - Hermannstadt. "Little children die here. Of hunger and cold".
Sat, Aug 20, 2022
The "Winzerclub" not far from Konrad Erben's home is a meeting place for neo-Nazis and the city of Jena is the starting point of the worst right-wing extremist murder series in recent German history. Although Konrad was still a child at that time, he still felt what it was like to grow up as a black child in a xenophobic environment. Today he conducts research on precisely those topics: extremism and radicalization. His academic career was not predetermined. Konrad had to fight his way up from secondary school to vocational school in his mid-20s. On each anniversary of the murder of a person or an assassination attempt by the NSU, Konrad Erben held commemorative events in Jena together with other committed people.
Sat, Oct 15, 2022
"Sights on Crime - The Aschersleben School of Criminology" - Police officers were already being trained in Aschersleben in GDR times. After reunification, the Saxony-Anhalt Police College was established here - one of the most modern training facilities for young police officers in Germany. Trainees and students from seven federal states are prepared here for police service.
Wed, Dec 7, 2022
Voenix is a shaman and a well-known guy in the neo-pagan scene. He is often at events all over Germany, is an artist and author and runs his own YouTube channel. There he publishes films about topics and people from the pagan scene. Pagans believe in many gods, and they refer to the religions of old cultures such as the Norse world of gods. In search of meaning and orientation, a growing number of people are interested in these ancient myths and rites. They see neo-paganism as an alternative to the modern, consumer-oriented way of life. A religion that they feel to be closer to nature, more mysterious and more sensual than what is offered by the classic churches.