[arte documentary] Russian-Germans and the Ukraine War
[arte documentary] Russian-Germans and the Ukraine War
Since 24 February 2022, the Russian community in Germany has been torn apart. In the city of Würzburg, where many Russian Germans live, shortly after the start of the war the militaristic "Z" symbol was spray-painted on a church. Two years later, we return to the Heuchelhof district of Würzburg to l...
Before checking this doc out; could you pls give more context?
Erm... Katherine II invited Germans to settle in Russia because it was too darn empty, noticable migration between ~1750 and 1850, other migration periods, settling in various areas, Soviet Union happened, WWII happened, Germany offered everyone considered German by the Soviets/Soviet-aligned countries, or living there and being sufficiently connected to German culture, a passport.
Even though called "Russian-German" they're from all over the place, also Kazakhstan, also, of note, Ukraine. And Russia of course. Before the war they were a unified community (all, after all, spoke Russian), then suddenly it mattered where exactly they came from. This documentary is a recent snapshot of their community, there's an earlier one but it doesn't seem to be online any more (blame German public TV laws the private channels complained, court had to give them right, and the government so far hasn't fixed the situation).
I searched the title of the original on YouTube - there's a documentary from Bayerischer Rundfunk with the same title (could be coincidence or the original)? At least it also starts with the Gethsemane Church. German only unfortunately.