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Hilde Bechert

Meine Heimat ist hier – Die Münchner Siedlung Ludwigsfeld

  • Documentary
RELEASE

2002-04-27

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

45 min

Description

In 1952, when the settlement was built in the far north of Munich, people from many different nations moved in: Latvians, Russians, Armenians, Poles, Ukrainians, Kalmyks, Sudeten Germans – all so-called displaced persons, people with no chance of returning to their homeland or emigrating after the war. Today, around 2,000 people live here in a truly multicultural society, happy about the tolerance and friendly neighborhood. However, this was once the site of a satellite camp of the Dachau concentration camp: "Living here is both a blessing and a curse."

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