Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times

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

Original title

Leo Haas: Zeichner - Zeuge - Zeitgenosse

Released

6/25/1971

Origin country

DE

Genre

Documentary

Production companies

DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme

Budget

Revenue

Runtime

0hr 13min

Description

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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