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Erna, Helmut and the Nazis

2021-04-29
7.3
de 60m
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie
Germany, 1929. Helmut Machemer and Erna Schwalbe fall madly in love and marry in 1932. Everything indicates that a bright future awaits them; but then, in 1933, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rise to power and their lives are suddenly put in danger because of Erna's Jewish ancestry.

Director

Jutta Pinzler

Director

Stephan Sattig

Camera Operator

Yves Maurice Itzek

Camera Operator

Jens Lindemann

Commissioning Editor

Peter Gottschalk

Camera Operator

Patrick Penkert

husband wife relationship holocaust (shoah) world war ii jew persecution family secrets antisemitism third reich (iii reich 1933-45) racial prejudice 1940s war doctor home movies nazi germany

Status

Released

Countries

  • Germany

Companies

  • ARTE
  • Sagamedia
  • NDR