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He Called Himself Surava

He Called Himself Surava
NR 1 hr 20 minDocumentary
Hans Werner hirsch aka Surava was a journalist. He wrote about the deportation of French jews, and the Swiss government chased him because the Swiss government was Nazi-friendly. The Swiss intelligence service (Bundespolizei) knew him as a "communist jew". In fact, he worked for a left newspaper, but he wasn't a jew. Surava took his courage to write about the "censored" inhumanity in Europe.
DirectorErich Schmid
WriterErich Schmid

Movie Details

Original Language:German
Production Companies:Langfilm