In Deutschland Unerwunscht: Hermann Graebe
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Dietrich Schubert
Geza Demeter
Werner Deutsch
Wolfgang Heuer
Wilfried Kaute
Dietrich Schubert
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Synopsis
Though honored as "Righteous Among the Nations" in Israel and celebrated as a hero in the United States, Hermann Graebe is considered a liar and a traitor in his native Germany. Much like Oskar Schindler, Graebe, a construction supervisor, ultimately came to defend the lives of dozens of his workers in a startling and perilous transformation from one-time Nazi to rescuer of Jews. As an eyewitness to brutal SS executions and the liquidation of the Ukrainian ghetto Sdolbunov, Graebe later provided vital testimony in the Nuremberg trials, invoking bitter persecution from many of his countrymen. To escape the hostility, Graebe moved his family to San Francisco where he lived until his death in 1986 and where his son still lives today. This poignant portrait of a hero without a home is a telling memorial to an individual who chose humanity in the face of atrocity.
Director
Dietrich Schubert
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Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at the Mill Valley Film Festival in Mill Valley, California October 5-15, 2000.
HD Beta video
color and b&w
dialogue English
subtitled English
