Schwerter zu Pflugscharen (1984)
• January 1st, 1984 • 0h 30min
Documentary
Overview
In September 1983, a sword is forged into a ploughshare in Wittenberg. It is the most spectacular action of the peace movement in the GDR. Its initiator was the Wittenberg theologian Friedrich Schorlemmer.
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