Befreiung aus der Rosenstraße

The Liberation from Rosenstrasse

The liberation from Rosenstrasse Berlin, February 1943: The Jewish partners of Jewish-"Aryan" intermarriages, the so-called Mischehe, are taken from the factories, where they are doing forced labor. They are supposed to be deported to extermination camps. Their Aryan spouses spontaneously find themselves together in front of
the provisional collection point, in the Jewish Communuity Center in
the Rosenstrasse. With their public, non-violent protest, in the middle
of Berlin, which lasted for days, they succeeded in accomplishing the
release of hundreds of prisoners.
This
film about an event which until now, has not been a part of general
knowledge of the Nazi era, is most importantly a film about memories:
the series of events, and how the people involved view these events
after 50 years, from the heart of these accounts, which are told from
different perspectives. The film brings them together in an imaginary
dialog about common memories in which the tension of these days once
again comes to life.
This is a film about completely "normal" people, their despair, courage, cunning and how they stood up for their beliefs.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH