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.

Year1971

Runtime13 min

GenresDocumentary

Production countriesEast Germany

Production companies

DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme

Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times

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