Die Lüge und der Tod (1988)

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.

• Release Date: 1988-11-17
• Runtime: 0h 34min
• Directors: Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann, Stephan Hermlin.