After the end of the GDR, thrashings, threats and hunts were part of everyday life. In the years after the reunification of the early 1990s, hatred, racism and violence against foreigners and supporters of leftist ideology broken out in Eastern Germany. Most of those involved was young people. In many cities and towns, the streets and squares belonged to the right-wing scene, organized in neo-Nazi comradeships. Bomber jackets, combat boots and the Hitler salute showed the intimidated rest where they were. The baseball bat was a popular weapon. There were riots, attacks on asylum seekers' homes, mass brawls and hunt downs to those who look or think differently. It doesn't took long and the first deaths were to be mourned. The majority of the Eastern German population looked the other way or even applauded the deeds. A bad omen for the political development of later years. In six film segments, a team of authors take a look at the time reflected in interviews with contemporary witnesses.
Baseballschlägerjahre - Die Wendegeneration und rechte Gewalt
December 2, 2020
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Nurcan Özdemir
Self - Narrator (voice)
Christian Bangel
Self - Interviewee
Klaus Baldauf
Self - Interviewee
Marcus Reinert
Self - Interviewee
René Wilke
Self - Interviewee
David Begrich
Self - Interviewee
Gabriele Herbst
Self - Interviewee
Wolfgang Kaleck
Self - Interviewee
Wolfgang Mönckmeyer
Self - Interviewee
Dennis H.
Self - Interviewee
Juliana Gombe
Self - Interviewee
Mustafa Hussein
Self - Interviewee
Augusto Jone Munjunga
Self - Interviewee
Moises Myuma
Self - Interviewee
Uta Leichsenring
Self - Interviewee
Volker Schäfer
Self - Interviewee
Heinz-Joachim Lohmann
Self - Interviewee
Steven Hartung
Self - Interviewee
Fabian Wichmann
Self - Interviewee
Nguyen Dinh Khoi
Self - Interviewee
Nguyen Lan Chi
Self - Interviewee
Björn Höcke
Self - Orator
Alexander Gauland
Self - Orator
Amadeu António
Self (archive footage)
Ulrich Laser
Self (archive footage)
Stella Könemann
Director
Dilan Gropengiesser
Director
Toralf Staud
Director
Elke Sasse
Director
Adama Ulrich
Director
Christian Bangel
Director
Sven Wolters
Director
Paul Buske
Director
Heike Kleffner
Director
Lydia Meyer
Director
Claudia Bracholdt
Director
Johannes Radke
Director
Stella Könemann
Writer
Lydia Meyer
Writer
Johannes Radke
Writer
Claudia Bracholdt
Writer
Sven Wolters
Writer
Christian Bangel
Writer
Heike Kleffner
Writer
Paul Buske
Writer
Adama Ulrich
Writer
Elke Sasse
Writer
Dilan Gropengiesser
Writer
Toralf Staud
Writer
Ulrike Neubecker
Writer
Thilo Kasper
Supervising Producer
Kristian Kähler
Producer
Ulrike Neubecker
Producer
Johannes Unger
Supervising Producer
Björn Grochila
Director of Photography
André Neske
Director of Photography
Oscar Rindlisbacher
Director of Photography
Claus Kuhlmann
Director of Photography
Marcus Zahn
Director of Photography
Tom Hiller
Director of Photography
André Böhm
Director of Photography
Paul Buske
Director of Photography
Karim Oeltze von Lobenthal
Director of Photography
Arno Canzler
Editor
Philip Kiessling
Editor