Ruinenschleicher und Schachterleis - München nach 1945

In the organizer's words:

Cinema followed by a film discussion:

On April 30, 1945, the US Army reached Munich, which lay in ruins. US tanks came through the English Garden across the Isar to Bogenhausen. The war was over, the Nazi state had collapsed, destruction everywhere! A zero hour?

What was it like for children and young people at that time? What shaped their everyday lives? Did they perceive the Americans as occupiers or liberators? With what feelings, hopes and dreams did they experience the burgeoning economic miracle and the young democracy? And how did they deal with the shadows of the past?

36 women and men, most of them real Münchner Kindl, talk about their childhood and youth: about survival, deprivation and beatings, about strict rules at home and the great freedom outside.

The film conveys a portrait of the post-war generation and this important era in the city with a mixture of interview sequences, photos and original film clips from 1945 to 1960.

The screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker Michael von Ferrari.

In May 1945, the end of the Second World War set a new course in politics and society that still influences the way we live together today. The program "1945-2025 Zero Hour? How we became what we are." of the Munich Cultural Department would like to commemorate this with an extensive program of events.

Price information:

Registration through the respective library: Laim City Library: Registration in person on site, by telephone on 089 233 772 423 or by e-mail to stb.laim.kult(at)muenchen.de Moosach City Library: Registration in person on site, by telephone on 089 233772426 or by e-mail to stb.moosach.kult(at)muenchen.de Bogenhausen City Library: Registration in person on site, by telephone on 089 233772417 or by e-mail to stb.bogenhausen.kult(at)muenchen.de