Spielball der Weltpolitik – Als Elten niederländisch wurde

Spielball der Weltpolitik – Als Elten niederländisch wurde (2021)

May 6th, 20210h 43min

Documentary, TV Movie
80%

Overview

It is an unknown chapter of the German post-war history: On April 23rd, 1949, the kingdom of the Netherlands occupied German soil as a pledge for demanded war reparations. Part of the annexed territories was also the small municipality of Elten. While the people of Elten were initially afraid of the occupation, the time “with Holland” actually became a miracle of prosperity and economy about which many people from Elten still rave today. The occupation period ended with the largest organized smuggling in the history of the federal republic of Germany. The Documentary shows this in never before released 8 mm footage!


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