He Called Himself Surava
0.0 | 1995 | 1h 20m

He Called Himself Surava

Documentary

Overview

Hans Werner hirsch aka Surava was a journalist. He wrote about the deportation of French jews, and the Swiss government chased him because the Swiss government was Nazi-friendly. The Swiss intelligence service (Bundespolizei) knew him as a "communist jew". In fact, he worked for a left newspaper, but he wasn't a jew. Surava took his courage to write about the "censored" inhumanity in Europe.

Erich Schmid Director
Erich Schmid Writer

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Peter Surava

Peter Surava

Self