Ghetto Theresienstadt: Deception and Reality

Ghetto Theresienstadt: Deception and Reality

2006 · 72 min · ★ 7.0 · Documentary, History

A look at the Nazi "show camp" used to fool the world while they carried out their "Final Solution".

Directed by Irmgard von zur Mühlen

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