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Erna, Helmut and the Nazis

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70
Erna, Helmut and the Nazis
NR 1 hrHistory, Documentary, TV Movie
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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.
StarringMichaela KametzHans MachemerThea Wilmer
DirectorsJutta PinzlerStephan Sattig

Movie Details

Original Language:German
Production Companies:ARTE, Sagamedia, NDR
Erna, Helmut and the Nazis on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
world war iihusband wife relationship1940sholocaust (shoah)family secretsjew persecutionnazi germanythird reich (iii reich 1933-45)racial prejudiceantisemitism