A story about men and women who experienced the Second World War as soldiers of the Wehrmacht or as civilians in Nazi-Germany. Traumatised by the terror of war they became convinced pacifists. During the 50ties, they put up resistance against the building of a new army in West-Germany. But the former Nazi staff was in power again, persecuted all pacifists - among them even men whose family members were murdered during the Holocaust and former resistance fighters - and sent thousands of them to prison.

Starring: Günter Bennhardt, Gerd Deumlich, Dr. Rolf Gössner, Hans Heisel, Prof. Dr. Till Kössler, Secretary of State Gerhard Schröder, Dr. Robert Steigerwald, Rosemarie Stiffel, Erika Marx, Otto Marx, Ingrid Wils, Herbert Wils

Director: Daniel Burkholz, Co-Director: Sybille Fezer, Camera: Daniel Burkholz, Ruzbeh Sadeghi, Lilli C. Thalgott, Sound: Daniel Burkholz, Editor: Jan-Malte Enning, Postproduction: Jan-Malte Enning Runtime: 72 Minutes, HD, 16:9, 2018, www.roadside-dokumentarfilm.de

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In 1950, when the Cold War had started, the West German government planned the building of a new army. This project caused huge protests among the war tired population. The government considered the protesters to be public enemies. About 500.000 men, women and children were affected by political persecution, which often was carried out by police men, public prosecutors and judges, who had already been on duty during the Nazi Time. Many activists were thrown into prison, partly for a very long time. Finally the whole political movement was smashed down by a persecution unprecedented in western democracies.