"You adapt and make something of it! – Film premiere by Agnes Kondering"
Description
On Friday, October 25, 2024, the new film by Grohn-based filmmaker Agnes Kondering will premiere at the Stadtbibliothek Bremen. In "Man passt sich und macht was draus!" (You submit and make something of it!), the children of Pastor Gerhart Dobusch recall the final months of World War II and the post-war period.
Angeli Antpöhler, from Bremen-Nord, is the eldest daughter of Gerhart Dobusch (born 1905) and his wife Käthe (born 1909). The family lived in Waldsieversdorf, a small villa suburb east of Berlin, from 1934 onwards. Käthe Dobusch gave birth to eight children between 1932 and 1945. In numerous interviews, the five surviving Dobusch children—Angeli, Traugott, Evi, Reni, and Volker—also recall their three deceased siblings, Moni, Christian, and Gerhart-Ludwig. In the film, Agnes Kondering documents their answers to the questions: How did you experience your childhood during the final months of the war, your father and his decision to go to war in January 1945, the loss of your father, the escape, the destruction of your family home, and the hunger? What impact did these experiences have on your later life?
Space is limited. Advance registration is requested at the library, either by phone at 0421 / 361 7244 or by email to vegesack@stabi-hb.de