„A united Europe was not achieved and we had war"
Episode 3: Hatred and walls (The consequences of the World War II)
(...) After World War II, when Lower Silesia become incorporated into the borders of Poland, the German population was forced to head west. After them only their houses, their animals and the graves of their relatives were left. Then also the division of Europe came. The free, democratic West and the communist East dominated by the Soviet Union, were hostile towards each other. The continent was intersected by the Iron Curtain, the border which could be crossed only by very few people. (...)
Project: „A united Europe was not achieved and we had war"
Episode 3: Hatred and walls (The consequences of the World War II)
Script: Dr Robert Żurek
Narrator: Karolina Moroz
Production: Aleksandra Furtak, Katarzyna Maziej-Choińska
Cooperation: Dominik Całka, Dr Tomasz Skonieczny
Music: "Empty Moments", Grzegorz Jurczyk
Translation: Agnieszka Żegańska
Language consultation: Maciej Pliszka
Film made by the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe with the support of the European Commission's Regional Representation in Wrocław.
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