Scene of Despair: Demmin's Suicide Wave

Demmin, spring 1945: When the Red Army invades, hundreds of women and men kill themselves – and often their children. It's the biggest suicide wave in German historyWhen the first Soviet tanks roll through the streets, 27-year-old Lothar Büchner, his wife, his sister-in-law, his mother-in-law and the old grandmother take ropes. It's probably Lothar Büchner himself who first ties up his three-year-old son.