Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times

Name: Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times
Director: Jörg d'Bomba
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1971-06-25
Cast: Leo Haas, Thomas Kästner

25.06.1971

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Gaza Strip25.06.1971Documentary0h 13min

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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.