Fritz Bauer - Death By Installments

Ilona Ziok's documentary about Germany's most prominent state prosecutor and a pioneer of modern "civil society". Fritz Bauer's name is linked with Eichmann's extradition to Israel, the legendary Auschwitz trials and the founding of the Humanistic Union. This film not only provides the exciting biographical depiction of a unique life, it also paints an impressive portrait of one of the most important lawyers of the 20th century.

Keywords

  • Holocaust
  • Made in Germany
  • Pioneers
  • Politics: Human Rights
  • world war II
  • activism
  • civil society
  • history
  • national socialism
  • politics

Actors

  • Fritz Bauer
  • Manfred Amend
  • Joachim Kügler
  • Gisela Meyer-Velde
  • Dr. Heinz Meyer-Velde

Director

  • Ilona Ziok

Biography, Documentary

1h 38min

16+

DE

Germany
2010
Fritz Bauer was a public prosecutor, a leading investigator of Nazi history and a pioneer of German civil society.

Fritz Bauer was a public prosecutor, a leading investigator of Nazi history and a pioneer of German civil society.


Ilona Ziok's documentary about Germany's most prominent state prosecutor and a pioneer of modern "civil society". Fritz Bauer's name is linked with Eichmann's extradition to Israel, the legendary Auschwitz trials and the founding of the Humanistic Union.


This film not only provides the exciting biographical depiction of a unique life, it also paints an impressive portrait of one of the most important lawyers of the 20th century.

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Cast & Crew