May 18, 2023
44 min
Full-HD

The Nazis, Photography and the Rabbi (2023)

The extraordinary story of German businessman Ernst Leitz II (1871-1956), second only to his father in ownership of the optics company that developed the famous and highly successful Leica camera, and his heroic struggle against Nazism.

Category

Documentary History TV Movie

Country

Germany

Companies

ZDF Florianfilm ARTE

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