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The war in Europe was reaching its cataclysmic final months with Germany surrounded on all
sides. Most of Hitler's forces had been driven from Poland by the Red Army and the Soviets were
poised a short distance from Berlin, while the Western allies, having repulsed the Führer's
Ardennes offensive, were preparing to cross the Rhine.More than ever Hitler needed his people to
stiffen their resolve for the coming onslaught. To demonstrate what will be expected of the German
people, and what they could achieve if they refused to acknowledge defeat, a major feature film
would be shown, featuring the legendary place which held out against Napoleon when he invaded
Prussia in 1806 - the city of Kolberg.After crushing the Prussian Army in 1806, French forces
swept into the Prussian province of Pomerania. One by one most Prussian fortresses surrendered,
mostly without offering any resistance, but Kolberg stood firm. The small and weakly-fortified city
held out for almost four months despite being surrounded by Napoleon's forces, with Major von
Gneisenau organising a citizen's militia to aid the army in its defence. Though much of the city was
blasted into ruin, Kolberg remained in Prussian hands until the war with France ended with the
signing of the Peace of Tilsit, by which time its defence had become legendary.Even though the
Third Reich was literally entering its death-throes, in attempting to reproduce the siege of Kolberg
on film, thousands of experts, extras and horses were taken from the war effort by the Reich
Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels. The film's emphasis was to show how civilians and the
military can work together to save Germany - just as Kolberg had been saved from the French.
The result has been stated to be the most expensive feature film ever made in Germany.This book
examines the dramatic conditions under which the film was produced, and the scale of the
resources needed to do so, followed by its first showing on 30 January 1945. All Goebbels' efforts,
though, were to no avail, as the film never went on general release. A month later, as the author
reveals, Kolberg found itself under siege once again, but this time, after bitter house-to-house
fighting, it fell to the Soviets in just two weeks.