Overview
Nazi propaganda film about the Czech "Theresienstadt ghetto" in Terezín. The film was supposed to show the world that Jews didn't suffer in concentration camps. Upon completion, most Jews shown in the film (including director Kurt Gerron) were brought to Auschwitz, where they were killed.
DirectorKurt Gerron
WritersKurt Gerron, Jindrich Weil, Manfred Greiffenhagen
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Paul Eppstein
Vorsitzender des Ältestenrates der Juden / Soziologe - Mannheim - Berlin
Karel Fischer
Dirigent
Kurt Gerron
Regisseur - Schauspieler
Frau Görtz
Gräfin - Holland
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Hans Krása
Komponist - Prag
Alfred Meissner
Jurist - ehem. Minister - Tschechoslowakei
Benjamin Murmelstein
Self
Coco Schumann
Self
Jo Spier
Maler - Zeichner - Holland
Details
LanguageGerman
Production companiesZentralamt zur Regelung der Judenfrage in Böhmen und Mähren, Aktualita