• Jun 25, 1971
  • 13 min
  • Full-HD

Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times (1971)

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.

Category
Country
East Germany Germany
Companies
DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme

Leo Haas

Self

Thomas Kästner

Narrator (voice)

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