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Hitler's Assistants - Göring the Second Man

Documentary film that deals with Herman Goring (1893-1946) one of the heads of the Nazi regime, Reichsmarshal and commander of Hitler's air force. The film surveys his activity in the party and the Nazi leadership, his service as a pilot in the First World War, his various roles, his relations with Hitler, his family, his place in the annihilation of the Jews and others, his failure in the battle over Stalingrad, his arrest, being brought to justice at Nuremberg and his suicide.

Director : Guido Knopp

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 42 45

Language : German

Hitler's Mona Lisa

A doumentary film. The Nazis plundered cultural property from every territory they occupied. This was conducted in a systematic manner with organisations specifically created to determine which public and private collections were most valuable to the Nazi regime. As the Allied forces bombed Germany’s cities and historic institutions, the Nazis began storing the stolen artworks in salt mines and caves for protection from Allied bombing raids. One of these salt mines was in Altaussee in Austria. As the Allied troops approached the salt mine, Gauleiter August Eigruber gave orders to blow it up. The destruction...

Director : Petra Dorrmann, André Schäfer

Production Year : 2013

Duration : 52

Language : English, German

Based on Guy Konopnicki's novel, Pas de Kaddish pour Sylberstein, this French crime film, set during the time of the Gulf War, deals with Paris detective (singer Patrick Bruel) who investigates case that combines murder, blackmail and art stolen by Nazis from French Jews.

Director : Alexandre Arcady

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 114

Language : French

The Last Vermeer

A feature film.Whilw a Dutch Jew, was fighting in the Resistance during the Second World War, Han van Meegeren was hosting soirées and selling Dutch art treasures to Hermann Goring and other top Nazis. Following the war, the J ew becomes an investigator assigned the task of identifying and redistributing stolen art, resulting in the flamboyant van Meegeren being accused of collaboration , a crime punishable by death. But, despite mounting evidence the investigator, with the aid of his assistant , becomes increasingly convinced of Han's innocence and finds himself in the position of fighting to save his...

Director : Dan Friedkin

Production Year : 2019

Duration : 118

Language : English

DER MALER OTTO PANKOK IN DER EIFEL 1942-1946

סרט תיעודי.

Director : Dietrich Schubert

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 64

Language : German

The Man who Saved the Louvre

A documentary film. At the dawn of World War II, a resistance group organizes an incredible exfiltration of masterpieces from the Louvre Museum to save it off the Nazis’ hands. The man leading the operation is Jacques Jaujard, museum’s director, using his knowledge of the system and his audacity to serve a universal cause: saving the world heritage.

Director : Pierre Pochart, Jean-Pierre Devillers

Production Year : 2014

Duration : 60

Language : English

היטלר נגד פיקסו וכל השאר – האובססיה הנאצית לאמנות

This is an incredible journey through five exhibitions, displaying masterpieces by Botticelli, Klee, Matisse, Monet, Chagall, Renoir, and Gauguin. Linked to each exhibition are moving stories of those who witnessed their systematic destruction and looting by the Nazis. The film offers a rare look at condemned art.

Director : Claudio Poli

Production Year : 2018

Duration : 94

Language : Italian