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Jacob the Liar (Jakob der Lugner)
A Jewish ghetto in central Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central Europe. In order to keep his companion in misfortune, Mischa, from risking his life for a few potatoes, he tells him what he heard and announces that he is in possession of a radio - in the ghetto a crime punishable by death. It doesn't take long for word of Jakob's secret to spread - suddenly, there is new hope and something to live for - and so Jakob finds himself in the uncomforting position of having to come up with more and more stories.











March 3, 1921 in Langsdorf, Germany

17 December 1930, Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany [now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia]


20 February 1947, Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany

January 23, 1928 in Trier, Germany

30 May 1943, Altenburg, Germany

December 27, 1906 in Bartenstein, East Prussia, Germany [now Bartoszyce, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland]

7 August 1941, Landsberg an der Warthe, Germany [now Gorzów Wielkopolski, Lubuskie, Poland]