Zweiter Weltkrieg

Status geopolitischer Spannung zwischen den NATO-Staaten und den Staaten des Warschauer Vertrags von 1947 bis 1989

Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944.

Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, initiating the European phase of World War II and destabilizing the multiethnic eastern borderlands.

The People's Liberation Army's advance into Tibet in 1950 ends the period of relative isolation represented in the film and prompts Harrer's departure.

Ukrainian nationalist forces and local collaborators carried out mass attacks on Polish civilians in Volhynia and neighboring regions during 1943–1945, followed by retaliatory Polish attacks on Ukrainian civilians.

14. Dalai Lama und Friedensnobelpreisträger

Austrian mountaineer whose experiences in Tibet form the basis of the film.

Austrian mountaineer who escaped with Harrer and shared his journey across the Himalayas to Lhasa.

One of the five Allied landing beaches in Normandy and the site of the film’s opening battle.

Staat in Westeuropa mit Überseegebieten

terrestrischer Kontinent im Nordwesten Eurasiens

Port city in northern France where Allied forces were surrounded and evacuated in May–June 1940.

Hauptstadt der Woiwodschaft Kleinpolen im Süden Polens

The city where Harrer lives, works, and meets the young 14th Dalai Lama.

The Himalayan country through which Harrer travels and where he resides from 1946 until 1951.

A historical region in eastern Europe, largely within present-day northwestern Ukraine; during the film's opening it included the Polish Volhynian Voivodeship and was inhabited by Polish, Ukrainian, Jewish, and other communities.

Nazi German concentration and extermination camp complex to which Jewish prisoners from occupied Poland were deported and murdered.

The mountain system forming the physical setting for Harrer's escape and trek to Lhasa.

Staat in Südasien