ARD - Living with the Enemy (2008) Part 1 A Summer in Ruins

1945 to 1949 proved to be a decisive period for both Germany and the occupying forces - this is the story of the years between the end of WWII and the founding of the two German states. It was a period of reciprocal impressions and experience for both occupiers and occupied, and a period that still fundamentally shapes personal fates, families, the economy, the arts and geopolitics. Combining carefully selected eyewitness accounts from occupiers and occupied alike, Living with the Enemy creates a new, exciting and differentiated view of the time and shows that these years not only helped shape present-day Germany, but also had a profound effect on the rest of the world. This period was the beginning of the Cold War. It would influence global politics for decades to come. A new generation of historians with new findings, archives only now accessible, and the willingness of those involved to engage in an open dialogue make a new and remarkable in-depth view of these historical events.

Part 1: A Summer in Ruins Germany experienced a summer in ruins. People are homeless, hungry. But the S-Bahn in Berlin is going to work again soon - many go to the Wannsee, for bathing. Meanwhile, the winners of the second World War II are setting the course for the future Germany in Potsdam. Everyone is wondering what will it be?

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