Erna, Helmut and the Nazis

Stephan Sattig
2021-04-29


7.333
60 min

Germany, 1929. Helmut Machemer and Erna Schwalbe fall madly in love and marry in 1932. Everything indicates that a bright future awaits them; but then, in 1933, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rise to power and their lives are suddenly put in danger because of Erna's Jewish ancestry.

Cast

Name Character Team
Michaela Kametz Self - Narrator (voice) Unowned
Hans Machemer Self Unowned
Thea Wilmer Self Unowned
Ludger Terliesner Self Unowned
Hermann Krumme Self Unowned
Matthias Kiel Additional Voice (voice) Unowned
Miriam Jansen Additional Voice (voice) Unowned
Uli Auer Additional Voice (voice) Unowned
Claudia Kaffanke Additional Voice (voice) Unowned
Nick Gardiner Additional Voice (voice) Unowned
Helmut Machener Self (archive footage) Unowned
Erna Schwalbe Self (archive footage) Unowned
Adolf Hitler Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Hermann Göring Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned