Chaos After WWII: Crime in Western Germany After 1945

This documentary uncovers the wave of crime and lawlessness that swept western Germany in the chaos after the Second World War. Amid ruined cities and desperate shortages, it recounts robberies, violence and survival on the German-Belgian border and beyond. Through vivid cases it shows how the collapse of order left ordinary people exposed. Dark and gripping, it reveals a rarely told chapter of postwar upheaval and its human cost. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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