Leo Haas: Zeichner - Zeuge - Zeitgenosse

Leo Haas: Zeichner - Zeuge - Zeitgenosse (1971)

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Documentary
  • Runtime

    0h 13m

  • Language

    DE

  • Production Countries

    East Germany

  • Release Date

    1971-06-25

Overview

When the Nazis took power, the Jewish artist Leo Haas (1901-1983) was arrested in his Czechoslovakian hometown. He spent the next six years in different concentration camps and became known for the paintings he did in the Theresienstadt camp. This film presents Haas as a political artist and resistance fighter and celebrates him as a socialist caricaturist dedicated to the GDR.

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