Leo Haas: Artist and Witness of His Times

Documentary

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
Duration: 13 min
Rating: 10.0
Cast: Leo Haas, Thomas Kästner

June 25, 1971

13m

TMDB10.0· 1

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.