Packs of Solidarity / Paczki solidarności

Running time: 45'

At the decline of the People's Republic of Poland there was a shortage of everything in shops: from toilet paper to shoes. The documentary film “Packs of Solidarity” tells about a spontaneous movement started by Germans from the Federal Republic of Germany who wanted to support Poles. In February 1982, after Bundestag removed the postage from aid packages for Poles, there was a record of 70 thousand packages with daily necessities and things for conspiracy sent per one day. In the film we will see the heroes of that story: those whose faces and names are barely known (if at all), as well as those from history books.

Authors:

  • Lew Hohmann

    German documentary filmmaker, director, screenwriter, member of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Dokumentarfilm. He made over 50 documentary films, mainly for television. Born in 1944 in Schmiedeberg (Polish: Kowary); graduated from mechanical engineering in Chemnitz as well as directing at the Konrad Wolf Academy for Film and Television (HFF) in Potsdam-Babelsberg. For 20 years has worked as author and director of documenatary films for DEFA. 1991–1997 chairman and producer at the “Tele Potsdam” production company. As author and director he specialises in historical documenatary films. Academic lecturer on media at the Leipzig University, at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, and as professor at the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences. Currently works as filmmaker, author of scripts and advertisements; multiple nominee for the Adolf-Grimme-Preis award.

    Filmography
    Graf Luckner (2008)
    Alfred Brehm (2007)
    Reinhard Heydrich (2006)
    Hugo Junkers (2005)
    J.S. Bach (2004)
    Martin Luther – Ein Leben Zwischen Gott Und Teufel (2003)
    Deutsche & Polen (2001)
    Die Preussen – Chronik (2000)

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