Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Site na mbipụta nke 13 gaa n'ihu ụkpụrụ nduzi "Sie sehen selbst, Sie hören selbst, urteilen Sie selbst!" ("Ị na-ahụ n'onwe gị, ị na-anụ n'onwe gị, na-ekpe ikpe n'onwe gị!") nke onye nchịkọta akụkọ mbụ ya bụ́ Kurt Maetzig chepụtara pụtara n'elu akụkọ akụkọ ọ bụla. Site na ntọala nke GDR na Ọktọba 1949, ndị Socialist Unity Party nke Germany (SED) na-emewanye mmetụta ya na akụkọ akụkọ, a kwụsịrị mkpọsa ahụ ma jiri akụkọ akụkọ ahụ mee ihe maka mgbasa ozi SED. Mgbe ndị
N'ihi nnupụisi nke East German nke 1953, a belatara usoro idezi akwụkwọ na "Der Augenzeuge" ghọrọ ihe ndị ọzọ na ụwa ọzọ.