"O Germany, pale mother
How you sit defiled
Among the peoples!
Among the besmirched
You stand out" [ Deutschland, bleiche Mutter [Germany, Pale Mother]. (1979). Helma Sanders-Brahms. (130 minutes).].
From the opening line of Bertolt Brecht's 1933 poem reveals the motif and title of Helma Sanders-Brahms's film, Germany, Pale Mother, which reflects about Nazi Germany and the sensitive changes that post-war Germany has undergone; with a voice-over reading of the poem by Brecht's own daughter right before the opening scene of the film, the poem serves as an allegorical meditation on Germany as the pale mother under Hitler's dictatorship.
The Second World War brought not only defeat for the German nation, but also trauma. After the war, many Germans found it difficult to cope with their guilt for the actions of the Third Reich, and it was a torment for them to begin to rebuild their …