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Exactly one hundred years ago, South Tyrol was annexed to the Italians after the First World War. A sudden turning point for the population after 550 years of being part of the Habsburg Empire. Overnight, the Tyroleans became Italians. A break that reverberated for a long time and whose wounds have not healed for everyone to this day. But the once poor area between Brenner and Lake Garda has blossomed into the most economically successful region in Italy within just a few decades. Is the combination of Italian charm and Teutonic industriousness the reason for this? Do the language groups still live side by side or are they increasingly living together? An NZZ format about the coexistence of the language groups, their extraordinary autonomy and old wounds that seem to be reopening. ► Subscribe to our YouTube channel and activate the bell so you don't miss a video: https://goo.gl/Fy28as ► NZZ format: Documentaries from the Neue Zürcher Zeitung: every Thursday at 11 p.m. on SRF1. ►NZZ Explains: Explanatory videos from the Neue Zürcher Zeitung: / @nzz_erklaert