Grüningers Fall (1997)

Directed by

Richard Dindo

Genre

documentary film

Country

Switzerland

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

8.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Swiss documentary examines a border official who helped Jewish refugees escape Nazi persecution in 1938 by altering visa dates. It details his actions and the consequences he faced for defying official orders.

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What happens

Grüningers Fall is a Swiss documentary film that was produced in 1997 for the Swiss television SRF. The film focuses on the events of late summer, 1938, when Paul Grüninger saved the lives of up to 3,600 Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria by enabling them to migrate 'illegally' to Switzerland by pre-dating their visas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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