Dietrich Schubert was born in Goerlitz in 1940 and grew up in the Allgaeu and the Rhineland regions. He has been a freelance director since 1968 and has made over 50 films for cinema and television. Since the beginning of the 1970"s, his films has focused on the Third Reich and West Germans" coming to terms with the recent past. His documentaries include "Widerstand und Verfolgung in Koeln 1933-1945" (1976), "Nachforschungen ueber die Edelweisspiraten" (1980), "Nieder mit den Deutschen" (1984), "Kriegsjahre in der Eifel" (1989), "Nicht verzeichnete Fluchtbewegungen oder Wie die Juden in der West-Eifel in die Freiheit kamen" (1990), "Nachkriegsjahre in der Eifel" (1992), "Verzeihen ja, vergessen nie" (1994), "Sonst erblindet die Seele" (1994), "Unterwegs als sicherer Ort" (1997), and "Not Wanted in Germany: Hermann Graebe" ("In Deutschland unerwünscht: Hermann Graebe", 2000).

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH