Germany's capital city was Berlin in June 1940. At the same time that Nazi propaganda is celebrating the regime's victory over France, a kitchen-turned-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with sadness. The son of Anna and Otto Quangel has been killed in action at the war. Despite the fact that this working-class couple has long trusted in the 'Führer' and has voluntarily followed him, they have now come to realize that his promises are nothing more than falsehoods and deception. In an effort to raise awareness and act as a form of resistance, they begin composing postcards with the message: Stop the war machine! Hitler must be put to death. They distribute these cards in the stairwells and at the doorways of tenement buildings, putting their lives in danger in the process. The SS and the Gestapo, on the other hand, are quickly on their trail, and even their neighbors are a menace.
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Germany's capital city was Berlin in June 1940. At the same time that Nazi propaganda is celebrating the regime's victory over France, a kitchen-turned-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with sadness. The son of Anna and Otto Quangel has been killed in action at the war. Despite the fact that this working-class couple has long trusted in the 'Führer' and has voluntarily followed him, they have now come to realize that his promises are nothing more than falsehoods and deception. In an effort to raise awareness and act as a form of resistance, they begin composing postcards with the message: Stop the war machine! Hitler must be put to death. They distribute these cards in the stairwells and at the doorways of tenement buildings, putting their lives in danger in the process. The SS and the Gestapo, on the other hand, are quickly on their trail, and even their neighbors are a menace.
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