I maj 1945 kan danskerne endelig fejre befrielsen fra den tyske besættelse. Men på Bornholm er situationen helt anderledes end i resten af landet. Her er det nemlig Sovjetunionen og ikke briterne, der kommer for at smide tyskerne ud. Russerne sønderbomber Rønne og Nexø og efterlader byerne som ruiner. Soldaterne går i land som befriere, og en ny tid begynder for både Pelle Peter Jencels grandonkel Henning Hansen og resten af bornholmerne. Mange frygtede, at russerne aldrig ville rejse igen og at klippeøen skulle forblive sovjetisk for evigt. Pelle Peter Jencel er bornholmer og vokset op med mange historier om russertiden på Bornholm. Nu undersøger han hvad der egentlig skete dengang, i et kapitel af Danmarkshistorien som de færreste, uden for Bornholm, kender. Dramadokumentarisk miniserie om Bornholms glemte historie.
In May 1945, the Danes can finally celebrate their liberation from the German occupation. But on Bornholm, the situation is completely different from the rest of the country. Here, it is the Soviet Union, and not the British, who come to kick out the Germans. The Russians bomb Rønne and Nexø to pieces, leaving the cities in ruins. The soldiers land as liberators, and a new era begins for both Pelle Peter Jencel's granduncle Henning Hansen and the rest of the Bornholmers. Many feared that the Russians would never leave and that the island would remain Soviet forever. Pelle Peter Jencel is a Bornholmer and grew up with many stories about the Russian era on Bornholm. Now, he investigates what actually happened back then, in a chapter of Danish history that few outside of Bornholm know about. A drama-documentary miniseries about Bornholm's forgotten history.
