Born in '78 it was my first "close to the war"-documentary I have seen and first my feelings were quite ambivalent as it wasn't common for me to have an inside-look in the inner life of German soldiers.
So, first thing you notice are sentences we wouldn't call political correct, but to put them into perspective: they are far from downplaying the role of the Wehrmacht. But the very interesting thing is, that its not commentated from an "extern" point of few, as I was used from all others WW II-Documentaries but it was a look from the intern of the German "Landser". So the speaker always refers to "we" addressing the viewers, where at least the bulk of the male Germans was actively involved in the war ("thanks" to Hitlers Volkssturm even the elder and small kids).
But this kind of commentating combined with the rather low quality of the pictures shown gives a damn authentic self-image of German WW II-fighters. And for that it was one of the most interesting documentaries I have seen.
So, first thing you notice are sentences we wouldn't call political correct, but to put them into perspective: they are far from downplaying the role of the Wehrmacht. But the very interesting thing is, that its not commentated from an "extern" point of few, as I was used from all others WW II-Documentaries but it was a look from the intern of the German "Landser". So the speaker always refers to "we" addressing the viewers, where at least the bulk of the male Germans was actively involved in the war ("thanks" to Hitlers Volkssturm even the elder and small kids).
But this kind of commentating combined with the rather low quality of the pictures shown gives a damn authentic self-image of German WW II-fighters. And for that it was one of the most interesting documentaries I have seen.
