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Between 1930 and 1945, Eastern Europe experienced mass violence on an unprecedented scale. Hitler and Stalin exploited the vast region for their respective expansionist plans. It is estimated that around 14 million civilians were murdered—primarily Jews, Poles, Balts, Belarusians, and Ukrainians.
Keywords
germany
world war i
war crimes
world war ii
soviet union
eastern europe
europe
genocide
poland
death
nazism
occupation
armed conflict
belarus
ukraine
baltics
ussr
nazi germany
violence
communist
Casts

Beate Rysopp
Narrator (voice)
Crews

Kirsten Esch
Director

Sandra Maischberger
Producer
Kristina Madejczyk
Producer's Assistant
Kolja Erdmann
Music

Kirsten Esch
Writer
Oliver Biebl
Camera Operator
Jeremy Rothman
Camera Operator
Mischka Heimberger
Sound
Alexander Marshall
Sound
Silke Olthoff
Editor
Alexander Müller-Elmau
Animation
Malte Bruhn
Sound Mixer
Marc Trompetter
Graphic Designer
Lukas Hinsch
Post-Production Manager
Clara Le Divenach
Archival Footage Research
Halyna Demydova
Archival Footage Research
Claudia Weber
Scientific Consultant
Markus Rogenhagen
Production Manager
Myrna Brinkmann El Khyari
Producer's Assistant
Valentina Löhlein
Producer's Assistant

Kirsten Esch
Book
Anett Sager
Editorial Staff

Timothy Snyder
Novel
Michael Richter
Producer
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