The Dark Side of the German Economic Miracle

Geraubtes Wirtschaftswunder - Die übertünchte Vergangenheit der Deutschen (2025)

Timing: 1:31 (91 min)

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2025-10-14

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Germany

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ZDF/Arte, ECO Media

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Documentary, TV Movie, History

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Director

Dietrich Duppel

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Christine Hegeler, Frédéric Dubois, Alexander Nützenadel, Ulrike Hermann, Peter Fichtner, Sebastian Brünger, Ingrid Windmüller, Rainer Traub, Stefan Kolev, Sabine Brant
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Dietrich Duppel, Thomas Schuhbauer

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Thomas Schuhbauer

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West Germany underwent a period of rapid and extraordinary growth after the Second World War with rising wages and living standards. This economic miracle is often credited to Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard and the hard work of ordinary Germans. But on closer inspection, some hard truths and injustices from the Nazi era casts a shadow on this postwar rosy picture.

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