ID

FBW002834      Short documentary

Country / Year

German Democratic Republic, 1971

Original Title

Prof. Leo Haas

Directed by

[?]

Produced by

Staatliche Filmdokumentation beim Staatlichen Filmarchiv der DDR, Berlin/Ost

Staff

Editor: K. Casper

Mentioned

Adolf Eichmann (Leiter des Judenreferats); Josef Mengele

Statement(s) by

Leo Haas

Length

413 m / 112'

Format

16mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 18 Nov 1971: Shooting period, Gedenkstätte und Museum Sachsenhausen
- 14 Dec 1971: Shooting period, Berlin/Ost, Wohnung am Leninplatz

Further Remarks

- Drehort: Gelände u. Museum der Nationalen Mahn- u. Gedenkstätte Sachsenhausen; Berlin/Ost, Wohnung am Leninplatz

Abstract

Leo Haas (painter and cartoonist) talks about his life. 1937: imprisonment and forced labour in Ostrau, prisoner in the Theresienstadt ghetto (Ältertenrat). Interrogation by Eichmann. The committal to the "small fortress." Prisoner in Auschwitz under the command of Josef Mengele. In the Sachsenhausen concentration camp: command to counterfeit. 1945: evacuation from Mauthausen and Redlzipf. later, move to East Germany. Haas made drawings which were later of use in criminal trials (the Eichmann trial).

Subject Terms

1930-1939; 1940-1949; 1945; 1960-1969; 1970-1979; Auschwitz (Entire camp complex); Biography; German Democratic Republic; Eichmann trial; Evacuations; Arrests; Gedenkstätte und Museum Sachsenhausen; Ghettos; Interviews; Concentration camps; Artists; Mauthausen (Concentration camp); Austria; Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp); SS; Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Drawings; Testimonies; Forced labor

Holdings

- Bundesarchiv - Filmarchiv, Berlin: 413 m / 112'; 16mm