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Liberators Take Liberties (1992)

Liberators Take Liberties (1992)

Documentary
Release Date: 1992, February 22
Directors: Helke Sander
Countries: Germany
Production: Helke Sander Filmproduktion, Helke Sander Filmproduktion, Bremer Institut Film & Fernsehen, Bremer Institut Film & Fernsehen, Journal-Film Klaus Volkenborn KG, Journal-Film Klaus Volkenborn KG, WDR, WDR, Hamburger Filmbüro, Hamburger Filmbüro
Cast: Hildegard Knef, Lev Kopelev, Inge Deutschkron

Overview:

Helke Sander interviews multiple German women who were raped in Berlin by Soviet soldiers in May 1945. Most women never spoke of their experience to anyone, due largely to the shame attached to rape in German culture at that time.

Keywords:

woman director world war ii war crimes germany rape nazi germany soviet military rape victim war crime