In 1958, a novel by Buchenwald survivor Bruno Apitz, Naked Among Wolves (Nackt unter Wölfen), was published in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and became a surprise bestseller.
Zweig was offered a chance to study cinematography at the Filmhochschule in the Babelsberg suburb of Berlin and he moved to the GDR in February 1964 [REF].