Dee ihe na-eso paragraf a - 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 ọgba aghara nke East Germany nke 1953 gasịrị
, a belatara ndị na-ede akwụkwọ na "Der Augenzeuge" ọzọ.