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References
- ↑ Frey, David (2017-02-28). Jews, Nazis and the Cinema of Hungary: The Tragedy of Success, 1929-1944. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 160–162. ISBN 978-1-78673-061-9.
- ↑ Noack, Frank (2016-03-15). Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky. doi:10.5810/kentucky/9780813167008.003.0009. ISBN 978-0-8131-6700-8.
Bibliography
- Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.
