Erwin Leiser

Erwin Leiser (May 16, 1923 – August 22, 1996)[1] was a Swedish director, writer, and actor.

[2] He subsequently made other documentaries both on Nazi Germany and other topics.

Born and raised in Berlin, he fled to Sweden at the age of 15 to escape the Nazi Party.

He graduated from the University of Lund and worked as a journalist and a drama and literary critic.

Erwin Leiser was buried in Zürich's Israelitischer Friedhof Oberer Friesenberg.