A trip to the past, present and future.
Aid convoy to Gusev and Ozersk.
Gusev,
Ozersk
Kaliningrad Oblast
Russia, 2009 © Reimar Ott
Musa
and Renate: Russian-German friendship.
Shadows
at Musa's curtains
at her home in Ozersk.
Russian
hospitality demands a full table.
East
Prussia used to be the granary of Germany.
Grandma
Olga.
Inside.
A
tree indicates where Renate's home used to be.
Renate
is looking at her home near Ozersk (Angerapp) that she left in October
1944.
Renate
was 10 years old when she fled with her mother from the advancing Red
Army.
They had to cross the Angrapa over a bridge that got destroyed later.
Renate
brings some groceries to Valentina.
Geese
on the road.
Anybody
home?
Living
room.
"I
can accept the past because I like the Russian people who
live in the houses of my ancestors so much" says Renate.
Jura
and Ljuba.
Gynecologist
Alexander Selenk is proud to show some modern
instruments that were given to him by the German aid organisation.
The
x-ray room of the hospital in Ozersk.
Physician
Olesja Gor.
The
hospital of Ozersk needs renovation.
Reception
of Ozersk hospital.
Playground.
Lunch
time for Polina and Anja.
Nap
time.
Dascha
got a new friend.
Playground
in a housing area in Gusev.
Evening
sun.
At
the datscha.
