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199285 minPGdocumentary

10.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Heckmann

199285 minPGdocumentary

10.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

In 1932, Gustav Heckmann initiated the "Urgent Call," a last effort by intellectuals to stop Hitler's rise to power in Germany.

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In 1932, Gustav Heckmann initiated the "Urgent Call," a last effort by intellectuals to stop Hitler's rise to power in Germany.

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Gustav Heckmann, a German philosopher, initiated the "Urgent Call" in 1932. This movement aimed to unite intellectuals against Adolf Hitler's rise to power. Notable figures like Albert Einstein, Käthe Kollwitz, and Heinrich Mann joined this last effort to protect democracy in Germany. The film also touches on Heckmann's later friendships with physicists Max Born and Werner Heisenberg. It presents a historical context of intellectual resistance during a critical time in German history.

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