"...The Case of Helene Löhner.“

 
in German:
„...der Fall Helene Löhner.“

Project

 

Description

The documentary deals with the state sanctioned robbery and murder of Helene and Fritz Löhner under the Nazis. They were the rightful owners of the Schratt Villa in Bad Ischl. The destruction of a bourgeois family using methods of the totalitarian National Socialist regime such as blackmail, threats, denunciation, expropriation and finally murder is recorded in detail.

in German:
Der Dokumentarfilm behandelt die in der NS-Zeit staatlich sanktionierte Beraubung und Ermordung von Helene und Fritz Löhner, rechtmäßige Besitzer der Schratt-Villa in Bad Ischl. Protokollarisch dokumentiert wird die Vernichtung der Existenz einer gutbürgerlichen Familie unter Ausnutzung grausamer Methoden des totalitären Regimes des Nationalsozialismus mithilfe von Nötigung, Erpressung, Drohung, Denunziation, Enteignung und letztendlich Ermordung.

Applicant

English translation not available

RAUM.FILM Filmproduktion DI Matthias Widter e.U.

Website

Location

Austria

Approved

12 Nov 2009

Category

documentary film

Type

Commemoration / remembrance

Funding

National Fund budget

Please note

The project contents and descriptions are based primarily on the submissions of the project applicants. These submissions are edited for publication and translated into English. Although it is subjected to rigorous checks, the National Fund does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information provided.