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He Called Himself Surava

He Called Himself Surava

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.

Release DateApril 7, 1995
StatusReleased
Original TitleEr nannte sich Surava
Runtime1h 20min
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LanguageGerman
Original LanguageGerman
Production CountriesSwitzerland
Production CompaniesLangfilm