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Grüningers Fall (1998)

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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.

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Film documentaire sur le chef de la police saint-galloise Paul Grüninger. Avant la guerre, il a sauvé la vie de plusieurs centaines de réfugiés juifs autrichiens, raison pour laquelle il a été renvoyé et condamné par la justice. Le film se déroule dans la salle du tribunal de St-Gall où Grüninger a été jugé en octobre 1940. D'anciens réfugiés et émigrants juifs auxquels Grüninger a sauvé la vie viennent apporter leur témoignage. Après de nombreux refus de la part des autorités saint-galloises, Grüninger a finalement été réhabilité en automne 1996. Le film est en souvenir de cette réhabilitation tardive.

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