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201688 minGdocumentary

Letters from Athens

201688 minGdocumentary

One of the few surviving conspirators of the July 20, 1944, assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler is Rudolf Fahrner, founder of a German institute in Athens.

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Timon Koulmasis

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One of the few surviving conspirators of the July 20, 1944, assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler is Rudolf Fahrner, founder of a German institute in Athens.

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Athens during the German Occupation (1941-1944) serves as the backdrop for a love story between an assistant professor at the German Scientific Institute and Nelly, a Fine Arts student. The Institute, funded by the occupying forces, became a refuge for students resisting the regime. The film also portrays Rudolf Fahrner, the Institute's founder and a conspirator in the July 20, 1944, assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler, who survived the subsequent crackdown.

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