Films by Annette Ortlieb

Germany 2023, 63 min
by Annette Ortlieb

About the courage to refuse the war and to desert, the power of staying true to oneself and a vision that has changed the Federal Republic of Germany. 30 000 deserters were sentenced to death during World War II. One of them is Ludwig Baumann. He survives death row, concentration camp and Eastern Front. But after the war the punishment of Nazi military justice remains valid in german democracy. He starts to fight: all sentences of the Nazi military justice especially the death sentences against