Once It Was A Land Called Pomerania
Film that tackles topics that have been kept secret for many years: the complete exchange of populations that occurred after World War II, the relocation of borders, and the resulting ramifications for contemporary residents in Pomerania. The salvage of Pomerania’s historical heritage and the necessity to form a new and functioning society on the rubble of a foreign German culture is just starting to be understood -- through the younger generation of Polish citizens who were born with open European borders.
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Film that tackles topics that have been kept secret for many years: the complete exchange of populations that occurred after World War II, the relocation of borders, and the resulting ramifications for contemporary residents in Pomerania. The salvage of Pomerania’s historical heritage and the necessity to form a new and functioning society on the rubble of a foreign German culture is just starting to be understood -- through the younger generation of Polish citizens who were born with open European borders.
„I was once a German”
“I was Once a German”. After WW II, the German region of Pomerania became Polish. The formerly German area was then repopulated by Poles, many of whom had been expelled from eastern Polish areas taken by the Soviet Union. They brought their language and their culture into this new, foreign world, and immediately collided with the traditions of the local population. These women, now grown old, spoke publicly for the first time about what it meant for them being German, living in their home and then it being regarded as a foreign country. This is their story.
„Oberschlesien. Here is where we meet”
Following World War II Millions of people were forcibly resettled to Upper Silesia and immediately collided with the traditions of the local population. However, even today, they cannot seem to build any sort of community. Since almost 70 years the traces of its former cultures are still being erased. Most of the old inhabitants have either moved away or live in seclusion. Now, the younger generations from Upper Silesia want to know where they live. But nobody wants to answer their questions.