Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times

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

06/25/1971 (US)Documentary0h 13m
10.0

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.

Jörg d'Bomba

Director

Jörg d'Bomba

Writer

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