BREATH OF FREEDOM

A paradoxical chapter in American history

Synopsis

At the end of World War II, African-American GIs were stationed in Germany as part of a policy to help rid the country of racism and oppression.

That was pretty ironic since strict segregation prevailed in their own country, even in the US army.

Seen by the German people as representatives of a victorious power, these African-American GIs found themselves in a foreign country experiencing for the first time what it feels like to be treated as equals.