Generation War – Our Mothers, Our Fathers
By Max Musson: BBC 2 have begun to broadcast the highly acclaimed three part German World War Two series, ‘Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter’ (Our Mothers, Our Fathers). The first episode, ‘A Different Time’, was broadcast yesterday (26th May) and is still available to watch on BBC iPlayer for another six days. The second episode, ‘A Different War’ will be broadcast next Saturday evening at 9:30 pm. This series depicts the effect that the Second World War…
Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter
By Max Musson: There has been a mixed reaction to the recent broadcast on German TV of a three-part series entitled ‘Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter’ (‘Our Mothers, our Fathers’), depicting the effect that the Second World War conflict had on the lives of ordinary German citizens, and on the lives of five young Germans in particular. The five young friends are; brothers Wilhelm and Friedhelm; a young nurse Charly; aspiring singer Greta; and her Jewish…