History Everyday on Instagram: "The “Lost German Girl” is a clip featured in Episode 25 of the BBC’s The World at War, first broadcast on May 1, 1974. Captured on May 8, 1945, near Plzeň (Pilsen) in Czechoslovakia, the footage shows a young German woman—dazed, disheveled, and wearing oversized SS clothing—walking alone along a country road. She appears to be in a state of shock, possibly due to trauma. In the full clip she is seen briefly sitting on the grass, applying a cloth to head. The clip