Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times

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.

Country:

East Germany,

Germany

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

13 minutes

Year:

1971

Director:

Jörg d'Bomba

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Company:

DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme

Cast:

Self

Narrator (voice)

Crew:

Director

Music

Editor

Writer

Director of Photography