Life in Berlin after Surrender - Surviving in a Wasteland of Stones and Rubble (May - July 1945)

Chapters:
▷ 00:00 - May 8, 1945, day of surrender
▷ 00:40 - Berlin in ruins, aerial footage
▷ 03:25 - Cleanup and start of reconstruction
▷ 04:00 - Hunger and food shortages
▷ 05:23 - First prisoners return in June
▷ 07:30 - Subway resumes operation in June
▷ 08:14 - Arthur Werner appointed as mayor by the Soviets
▷ 09:00 - Barter trade, food shortages, food ration cards, exchange centers
▷ 09:59 - Barter trade
▷ 11:06 - Removal of Nazi emblems
▷ 11:31 - Arrival of the Western occupying troops
▷ 12:32 - Potsdam Conference at Schloss Cecilienhof
▷ 13:20 - Industrial plants in rubble
▷ 14:00 - Berlin in ruins, aerial footage

Original title: Raus aus den Trümmern - Vom Beginn des Wiederaufbaus in Berlin 1945
A film by Beate Schubert
Colorized in 2024 by Jonas Hoge

© Licensed by Pentagramm Filmproduktion, Berlin