Butterflies Do Not Live Here

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Butterflies Do Not Live Here

1958

0h 13m

5.7(3 votes)

Documentary

Overview

A documentary about the life of Jewish children forced to live in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

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4 members

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Karel Höger

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Jiřina Jirásková

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Karolina Slunéčková

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Luděk Munzar

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