Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - Mai i te putanga 13 ki muri ko te kupu "Sie sehen selbst, Sie hören selbst, urteilen Sie selbst!" ("E kite ana koe, e rongo ana koe, e whakawa ana koe!") i hangaia e tona kaiwhakatika matua tuatahi a Kurt Maetzig i puta i te tihi o ia purongo. I te whakaturanga o te GDR i te Oketopa 1949, i kaha ake te mana o te Socialist Unity Party o Tiamana (SED) ki te purongo, i whakakorea te kauhau ka whakamahia te purongo mo te SED. I muri i te whakaekenga o Tiamana ki te Rāwhiti i te tau 1953
, ka whakaitihia te paternalism o te etita me te "Der Augenzeuge" ka nui ake te ao.