Difference between revisions of "The Hansa Way"
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'''OUTLINE''' | '''OUTLINE''' | ||
| − | ''Spring of 1945: The German army, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorched_earth Scorched earth] Northern Finland during their retreat to Norway, leaving a desolated land behind. [[Anna]]'s mother, pregnant from | + | ''Spring of 1945: The German army, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorched_earth Scorched earth] Northern Finland during their retreat to Norway, leaving a desolated land behind. [[Anna]]'s mother, pregnant from U-Boat seaman, is now an outcast in her home country. In hopes of finding her lost lover, she sets sail on a journey with her new born daughter, hopping from fishing trawlers to reallocated U-Boats and cargo ships along the Hansa route leading her from Helsinki to Danzig via Tallinn. She is finally evacuated to Lübeck along with thousands of ethic Germans expelled from Soviet controlled Poland. |
====HESLSINKI, HOSPITAL, APRIL 25, 1945==== | ====HESLSINKI, HOSPITAL, APRIL 25, 1945==== | ||
| − | ''[[Agnes]] is delivering her baby daughter as the radio announces that the German Army has retreated to Norway. Amidst the celebration that follows, she is being pressured by her family not to divulge the identity of the baby's father. Not wanting to bear such a burden on her daughter and yearning to find her lover upon hearing about Hitler's death a few days later, she talks to Red Cross personnel | + | ''[[Agnes]] is delivering her baby daughter as the radio announces that the German Army has retreated to Norway. Amidst the celebration that follows, she is being pressured by her family not to divulge the identity of the baby's father. Not wanting to bear such a burden on her daughter and yearning to find her lover upon hearing about Hitler's death a few days later, she talks to Red Cross personnel stationed at the hospital who assist her in tracking the father's family in Danzig. In the disarray that follows the German capitulation and with no way of communicate via mail or telegraph, she embarks on a fishing boat secretly sailing to Soviet controlled Estonia the day Anna turns one month. |
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| + | ====BALTIC SEA, 90 NAUTICAL MILES FROM TALLINN, DAWN==== | ||
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| + | ''The fishing trawler docks along a drifting U-Boat. | ||
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| + | The Baltic Sea is eerily quiet on this second week of peace. A fisherman alone on deck scouts the foggy horizon. Hearing the sound of voices, he looks towards the cabin to make sure is isn't being called but the trawler's captain is sleeping at the helm and there is no other souls on deck. Hearing new calls, he is befuddled when a surfaced submarine flying a white flag appears meters away from his slowly sailing boat. On deck, about a dozen desperate seamen call for help in various Baltic sea languages. | ||
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| + | Confused, the fisherman tells the seamen to hold on as he calls the captain twice before he could wake him up. Hearing the commotion, Agnes climbs on deck holding baby Anna in her arms. Two other fishermen are on decks trowing ropes at the drifting U-boat as more German seaman come out through the tower. | ||
====TALLINN==== | ====TALLINN==== | ||
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====DANZIG==== | ====DANZIG==== | ||
| − | ''Following its liberation by the Red Army, the city is in disarray and prone to "ethnic cleansing". Agnes finds her lover's family home | + | ''Following its liberation by the Red Army, the city is in disarray and prone to "ethnic cleansing". Agnes finds her lover's family home repossessed by displaced Poles. Claiming the German citizenship of her daughter, she takes part in a massive exodus of Ethnic Germans towards the west. |
''Agnes talks to a rat... | ''Agnes talks to a rat... | ||
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====LUBECK==== | ====LUBECK==== | ||
| − | ''Agnes and Anna take shelter in a house bordering the British and Soviet zones where Anna was | + | ''Agnes and Anna take shelter in a house bordering the British and Soviet zones where Anna was raised. |
| + | ''Anna is raised on the Inner German Border by her single mom mother. | ||
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Revision as of 17:49, 30 May 2013
OUTLINE
Spring of 1945: The German army, Scorched earth Northern Finland during their retreat to Norway, leaving a desolated land behind. Anna's mother, pregnant from U-Boat seaman, is now an outcast in her home country. In hopes of finding her lost lover, she sets sail on a journey with her new born daughter, hopping from fishing trawlers to reallocated U-Boats and cargo ships along the Hansa route leading her from Helsinki to Danzig via Tallinn. She is finally evacuated to Lübeck along with thousands of ethic Germans expelled from Soviet controlled Poland.
HESLSINKI, HOSPITAL, APRIL 25, 1945
Agnes is delivering her baby daughter as the radio announces that the German Army has retreated to Norway. Amidst the celebration that follows, she is being pressured by her family not to divulge the identity of the baby's father. Not wanting to bear such a burden on her daughter and yearning to find her lover upon hearing about Hitler's death a few days later, she talks to Red Cross personnel stationed at the hospital who assist her in tracking the father's family in Danzig. In the disarray that follows the German capitulation and with no way of communicate via mail or telegraph, she embarks on a fishing boat secretly sailing to Soviet controlled Estonia the day Anna turns one month.
BALTIC SEA, 90 NAUTICAL MILES FROM TALLINN, DAWN
The fishing trawler docks along a drifting U-Boat.
The Baltic Sea is eerily quiet on this second week of peace. A fisherman alone on deck scouts the foggy horizon. Hearing the sound of voices, he looks towards the cabin to make sure is isn't being called but the trawler's captain is sleeping at the helm and there is no other souls on deck. Hearing new calls, he is befuddled when a surfaced submarine flying a white flag appears meters away from his slowly sailing boat. On deck, about a dozen desperate seamen call for help in various Baltic sea languages.
Confused, the fisherman tells the seamen to hold on as he calls the captain twice before he could wake him up. Hearing the commotion, Agnes climbs on deck holding baby Anna in her arms. Two other fishermen are on decks trowing ropes at the drifting U-boat as more German seaman come out through the tower.
TALLINN
U-boat seized and reallocated to Baltic Fleet to Danzig.
Newly christened CTS-11 (formerly U-3541) is sailed back to Danzig by its captured German crew under Soviet command and escort. Agnes and Anna embark as clandestine passengers on the damaged submarine by apathetic German seamen in exchange family jewelry.
DANZIG
Following its liberation by the Red Army, the city is in disarray and prone to "ethnic cleansing". Agnes finds her lover's family home repossessed by displaced Poles. Claiming the German citizenship of her daughter, she takes part in a massive exodus of Ethnic Germans towards the west.
Agnes talks to a rat...
LUBECK
Agnes and Anna take shelter in a house bordering the British and Soviet zones where Anna was raised.
Anna is raised on the Inner German Border by her single mom mother.