Malte Ludin is a German

Germans

The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

 filmmaker. He was born in Bratislava, Slovakia in 1942.

He studied political science at the Free University of Berlin

Free University of Berlin

Freie Universität Berlin is one of the leading and most prestigious research universities in Germany and continental Europe. It distinguishes itself through its modern and international character. It is the largest of the four universities in Berlin. Research at the university is focused on the...

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Malte was the youngest child of Hanns

Hanns Ludin

Hanns Elard Ludin was a German diplomat.Born in Freiburg to Friedrich and Johanna Ludin, Ludin began his Nazi affiliation in 1930 by joining the party, and was arrested for his political activities the same year...

 and Erla Ludin. His father served as ambassador to Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 during the Third Reich. As ambassador, Hanns Ludin signed orders that sent thousands of Jews

Jews

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 to Auschwitz.

Malte directed a documentary film about his father, 2 or 3 Things I Know About Him

2 or 3 Things I Know About Him

2 or 3 Things I Know About Him is a documentary film in which German director Malte Ludin examines the impact of Nazism in his family. Malte's father, Hanns Ludin, was the Third Reich's ambassador to Slovakia. As such, he signed deportation orders that sent thousands of Jews to Auschwitz...

, that opened at Film Forum

Film Forum

Film Forum is a nonprofit movie theater located at 209 West Houston Street in New York City. It began in 1970 as an alternative screening space for independent films, with 50 folding chairs, one projector and a US$19,000 annual budget. Karen Cooper became director in 1972 and under her leadership,...

 in Manhattan

Manhattan

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on January 24, 2007.