A German Hero: Fredy Hirsch And The Children Of The Holocaust

Overview

He became a beacon of hope for thousands of children and a lifesaver for hundreds: the Jewish German Fredy Hirsch. Director Winfried Laasch takes a look at one of the last mysteries of the Holocaust. As a boy scout, Fredy Hirsch took care of those who were most helpless in the face of Nazi reprisals from an early age: Jewish children and young people. First in Düsseldorf, later in Prague, then in the Theresienstadt ghetto and finally in Auschwitz.

Cast

Dita Kraus

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Yehuda Bacon

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Ruth Bondi

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Otto Dov Kulka

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Toman Brod

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Petr Erben

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Zuzana Růžičková

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Evelina Merova

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Dinah Gottliebova

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David Silberklang

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