: Greta is executed shortly before the war ends. Charly is captured by the Soviets but eventually finds her way back to Berlin.
The detailed features of the episodes in the acclaimed German miniseries (originally titled Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter ) follow five friends through the horrors of WWII. Episode 1: A Different Time (Eine andere Zeit) Generation War - epi...
: Charly struggles with the influx of wounded and her discovery that her local assistant is Jewish, leading to a crisis of conscience. : Greta is executed shortly before the war ends
The final chapter covers the collapse of the Third Reich in 1945 and the immediate aftermath. Episode 1: A Different Time (Eine andere Zeit)
: Wilhelm’s unit is decimated during the Battle of Kursk. Friedhelm, once a pacifist, has become a cold, efficient soldier to survive.
By 1943, the optimism of the early war has vanished, replaced by the grim reality of the Russian winter and the Holocaust.
: Greta’s "protector" betrays her; she is imprisoned for "defeatism" after a performance goes wrong. Viktor escapes a transport train and joins Polish partisans, where he must hide his Jewish identity due to their rampant antisemitism. Episode 3: A Different Country (Ein anderes Land)