Ich bin doch nur ein Maler

Describes the life of the German Jewish painter Max Liebermann, who was born in 1847 in Berlin. For a long time his work was ignored in his native town but was appreciated abroad where artistic taste was more progressive; he guided German painting from the 19th century into the period of modern art. With the rise of the Nazi regime, he resigned his membership in the Academy of Arts. He experienced many antisemitic events, and died, emotionally broken, in 1935. In 1937 Hitler ordered the confiscation of all paintings which were considered "degenerate art" from Berlin's National Gallery, among them all of Liebermann's works.