Yad Vashem Collections - Movies

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Documentary film about Rudolf Hess, one of Hitler's close associates. The film deals with Hess's path in the Nazi party, his relations with Hitler, his jobs until the outbreak of the war, his personality, his mysterious flight to England, his arrest, his trial in Nuremberg, his family and his admiration by the neo Nazi movement. Includes archival films and testimonies.

Director : Guido Knopp

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 41

Language : German

The Third Reich in Color 1937-1940, Part 2, The Sequel

Collection of archival films in color that document the Third Reich in the years 1937-1945. In this part there are mainly war scenes, statesmen and diplomats.*

Director : Michael Kloft

Production Year : 2000

Duration : 100

Language : English

The World Of The Thirties - The Fuehrer's Germany

Episode in the series "The World of the Thirties" which deals with the rise of fascism in Europe, the empowerment of the Nazi party against a background of economic hardship, the rise of Hitler to power, the arming of Germany, the suppression of resisters, fascist supporters of the Nazis outside of Germany, annexation of Austria, the escape of Jewish intellectuals from Germany, Crystal Night, Nazi culture and art.

Production Year : 1987

Duration : 24

Language : English

World War Two: The Lost Color Archives - A New World Order

Collection of archival films in color from the period between 1937 and December 1941. Among other material (see additional info): Nazi demonstrations, scenes from the Spanish Civil War, meeting between Lloyd George and Hitler, crowning of George VI, German art festival in Munich, annual sport march in Moscow, British children in emergency exercises, British soldiers' march, German forces in France, destruction of the Blitz in England, Hitler and senior Nazis in "the Eagles Nest", Operation Barbarossa, Hitler on a visit on the eastern front, German soldiers in the snow, Pearl Harbor after Japanse attack.

Production Year : 2000

Duration : 47

Language : English

The War in Colors

Collection of archival films in color that document the Third Reich in the years 1937-1945. In this part there are mainly war scenes, statesmen and diplomats.*

Director : Michael Kloft

Production Year : 2000

Duration : 107

Language : German

German Newsreels no. 516 (22/7/40), 518 (7/8/40).

Newsreel no. 516 (22 July 1940): Italy's role in defeating France - skirmishes on Alpine front and French Rivera; Mussolini inspects Alpine front; Italian navy patrols Mediterranean; Italian fighters in East Africa. Gibraltar - Britain's Mediterranean choke-point. The British Empire shakes from the Med to the Orient; Hong Kong is under "mental siege"; Insecurely at Britain's home; Britain's crimes at Lorient. German-French cooperation in rebuilding occupied France. Germans evacuees return home to Merzig. Hitler's July 19 Reichstag address - "Churchill's last chance for peace". Joyful Berlin crowds greet...

Production Year : 1940

Duration : 44

Language : English, German

German Newsreels no. 513 (3/7/40), 514 (10/7/40).

Newsreel no. 513 (3 July, 1940): Germany's endless columns stream into conquered France. NSDAP welfare aids French civilian refugees; liberating German POWs. French POWs - the black brothers of the French infantry. German engineers spearhead French reconstruction. Back to normal in Amsterdam and Brussels. Publishing Westfront in Paris. Parisian crowds hear German peace terms. Hitler visits Parisian landmarks - La Madeleine, Plasce de la Concorde, Arc de Triomphe, Trocadero and Eiffel Tower (with Albert Speer). Germany's navy prepares for war with Britain - Fleet Admiral Raeder arrives in Flanders; he...

Production Year : 1940

Duration : 45 46

Language : English, French, German

Hitler's Assistants - Schirach the Hitler Youth

Documentary film about Baldur von Schirach, German politician, was appointed as Reich Youth Leader and soon after as head of the the Hitler Jugend and BDM. Aftwer the seizure of power in 1933 he became resposible for all extracurricular training of young people. The film deals with his way in the Nazi Party, his persona, relationship with Hitler, the short-time he served at the front and his activities in Vienna, his involvement in the deportation of Jews, arrest and trial.

Director : Guido Knopp

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 51 52

Language : German

Panorama (Monatschau) - Color German Wartime Newsreels, November-December 1944, January 1945.

The "Panorama" shows in the way of the renown "Wochenschau" scenes from the war and everyday life in wartime Germany between 1944 and 1945. All the footage of "Panorama" is in color and partly of very good quality.

Production Year : 1944

Duration : 50

Language : German