Die Lüge und der Tod 1988 Directed by Walter Heynowski , Gerhard Scheumann , ...

Together with Stephan Hermlin, H&S examine two five-minute film documents in this film, which were shot in 1941 on behalf of the Gestapo. The comparison with a written eyewitness account exposes the first film - "about the dazzling supply of food to the Jews" - as a propaganda lie, while the second - made 14 days later - conveys a complex picture of the Nazi extermination bureaucracy.

Production Country East Germany
Language German
Spoken Language German
Release Date 17 November 1988
34 mins