Erna, Helmut and the Nazis

Eine Familie unterm Hakenkreuz

Documentary 2021 · 1h

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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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14 people

M Michaela Kametz Self - Narrator (voice)

H Hans Machemer Self

T Thea Wilmer Self

L Ludger Terliesner Self

H Hermann Krumme Self

M Matthias Kiel Additional Voice (voice)

M Miriam Jansen Additional Voice (voice)

U Uli Auer Additional Voice (voice)

C Claudia Kaffanke Additional Voice (voice)

N Nick Gardiner Additional Voice (voice)

H Helmut Machener Self (archive footage)

E Erna Schwalbe Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hermann Göring Self - Politician (archive footage)

Erna, Helmut and the Nazis

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