Ostarbeiter
Year: 2018
Country: Russia
Director: Polina Kampioni
Genre: animation
Runtime: 5 min.
Country: Russia
Director: Polina Kampioni
Genre: animation
Runtime: 5 min.
Film produced in association with the Memorial NGO.
Ost means East in German. Literally, Ostarbeiter is an Eastern worker. In 1942-1943 millions of young people were gathered from occupied Central and Eastern Europe and departed to the Nazi Germany to perform forced labor. 50 years after that, they decide to tell their stories.
Ost means East in German. Literally, Ostarbeiter is an Eastern worker. In 1942-1943 millions of young people were gathered from occupied Central and Eastern Europe and departed to the Nazi Germany to perform forced labor. 50 years after that, they decide to tell their stories.