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Erna, Helmut and the Nazis (2021)

Original title: Eine Familie unterm Hakenkreuz

2021-04-29 · 1h 0m · DE
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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.

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Jutta PinzlerDirectorStephan SattigDirector

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Michaela KametzMichaela KametzSelf - Narrator (voice)Hans MachemerHans MachemerSelfThea WilmerThea WilmerSelfLudger TerliesnerLudger TerliesnerSelfHermann KrummeHermann KrummeSelfMatthias KielMatthias KielAdditional Voice (voice)Miriam JansenMiriam JansenAdditional Voice (voice)Uli AuerUli AuerAdditional Voice (voice)Claudia KaffankeClaudia KaffankeAdditional Voice (voice)Nick GardinerNick GardinerAdditional Voice (voice)Helmut MachenerHelmut MachenerSelf (archive footage)Erna SchwalbeErna SchwalbeSelf (archive footage)

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Husband wife relationshipWorld war iiRacial prejudice1940sJew persecutionFamily secretsHolocaust (shoah)AntisemitismWar doctorHome moviesThird reich (iii reich 1933-45)World war ii russian frontWorld war ii eastern frontNazi germany

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Genre affinityTv Movie · History · DocumentaryTheme affinityHusband Wife Relationship · World War Ii · Racial PrejudicePacingShortEmotional intensityWorld War Ii · Family Secrets · War DoctorDirector preference931859 · 1257688Actor preference1257675 · 1257676 · 1257677

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What is Erna, Helmut and the Nazis about?

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.

How long is Erna, Helmut and the Nazis?

Erna, Helmut and the Nazis has a runtime of 60 minutes.