Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times
Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times
1971
13:23
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Documentary
Plot
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.
Director
Jörg d'Bomba
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