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199158 minPGdocumentary

9.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Die Schmerzen der Lausitz

199158 minPGdocumentary

9.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Jurij Koch reflects on the cultural and environmental devastation in the Lausitz region, linking it to economic decisions and acts of ethnocide.

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Jurij Koch reflects on the cultural and environmental devastation in the Lausitz region, linking it to economic decisions and acts of ethnocide.

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Jurij Koch reflects on the devastation in the Lausitz region. He connects the destruction to an act of ethnocide. Koch argues that the erasure of language and culture leads to impoverishment and loss of habitat. The film is a 58-minute essay documenting these changes and their impact on the local community. It was released in 1991 and addresses the economic decisions that contribute to this cultural decline.

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