Gdr

Das war die DDR - Eine Geschichte des anderen Deutschlands (That Was the GDR - A History of the Other Germany) is an epic documentary series, originally made for television in Germany. This astonishing chronicle of the German Democratic Republic (or as we called it, East Germany) features illuminating interviews complimented by rare archival materials from film, photographs, posters, caricatures, popular songs and speeches.

Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus was regarded as Hitler's beacon of hope, but led his 6th Army into the most devastating defeat of the entire Second World War: the Battle of Stalingrad. Under his supreme command, the city on the Volga becomes a mass grave, and the failure becomes the great turning point of the war. He survived and was taken prisoner of war by the Soviets. Since then, the death of 200,000 German soldiers has been forever associated with his name. How does Paulus deal with this trauma, who is the person behind the catastrophe? At the Nuremberg war crimes trials, he did not sit in the dock, but appeared as a witness.