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Until now the history of the Sorbian people has typically been told from a German perspective, with the Sorbs themselves presented as "pagans and adherents to obscure practices and rituals". This documentary incorporates fresh sources of information. Starting from the settlement of Slavs in Germany's East, a remarkable convergence of two cultures, during which Germans willingly entered into an alliance with the Slavs, is followed by the struggle to survive during an era of violent conflict and aggressive proselytisation on the part of the Kingdom of the Franks. The third part takes up the mysterious disappearance of a once highly influential Slavic culture, its historical significance reflected by place names such as Berlin and Dresden, and describes then widespread methods of Germanisation, both brutal and subtle. In the process the film reflects on the meaning of early Slavic history for Sorbs and Wends today, as well as the importance of constructs such as a "Slavic" or "German" identity for a modern society located in the centre of Europe. GL

WIE DEUTSCHLANDS OSTEN BESIEDELT WURDE

HOW GERMANY’S EAST WAS POPULATED

VERTRIEBEN, VEREINNAHMT ODER ERMORDET? VOM VERSCHWINDEN DER SLAWEN

DISPLACED, SEIZED OR MURDERED? THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE SLAVS

JACZA VON KÖPENICK UND DIE SCHLACHT UM DIE BRANDENBURG

JACZA VON KÖPENICK AND THE BATTLE OF THE BRANDENBURG