Die Schmerzen der Lausitz 1991 Directed by Peter Rocha

A film essay documenting the devastation of the Lausitz region. The Sorb writer Jurij Koch describes the destruction wreaked as a component in an act of ethnocide:"The end of a language; even if the step is appantantly an economic necessity in terms of furhtering the region, it signifies impoverishment, the excavation of an ethnic habitat - a restriction of human richness."

Production Country East Germany
Language German
Spoken Language German
Gnere Documentary
Release Date 1 January 1991
58 mins
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