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Documentary on Slovak-German Co-existence to Be Screened in Berlin
Tuesday 16 February 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Berlin, February 16 (TASR) - Vladimir Stric's Slovak documentary Hostia-Hauerland, which focuses on 800 years of co-existence between Slovaks and Germans in an area of modern-day Slovakia, will be screened at the Slovak Institute in Berlin on Tuesday, the Foreign Affairs Ministry press department told TASR on the same day.
The screening will be held under the auspices of Slovak Deputy Premier for a Knowledge-based Society, European Affairs, Human Rights and Minorities Dusan Caplovic and Carpathian-German Society chairman Walther Greschner.
The documentary covers 800 years of co-existence in what is known today as central Slovakia - the former Hauerland region, which was inhabited by a German minority and was one of three ethnic-German islands in Slovakia before WWII; the other two being in Pressburg (Bratislava) and Zips (the Spis area in eastern Slovakia).
Including comments made by representatives of three German generations and unique photographic and video archive material, Hostia-Hauerland showcases the less familiar and dramatic history of the Carpathian Germans.
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