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Great Conductors of the Third Reich: Art in the Service of Evil

This production features actual newsreal footage — Hitler himself is caught weeping on camera — of concerts led by conductors Bצhm, Furtwהngler, Karajan, Knappertsbusch, and Krauss during the Third Reich. Determined to present an image of culture, the Nazis were known to turn their art into propaganda; conductors being no exception. Great Conductors of the Third Reich highlights some of the most blatant examples of art not in the face, but rather in the service of evil.

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 53

The Hidden Fuhrer: Debating The Enigma Of Hitler's Sexuality

A documentary based on the 2001 book "The Hidden Hitler". The book, by German Professor Lothar Machtan, argues that Hitler - who was responsible for one of the worst campaigns of anti-gay persecution in history - may have been homosexsual himself and that his desire to keep it a secret motivated many of his actions. This film details Machtan's theory which most mainstream historians and surviving eyewitnesses dispute. Interviews in the documentary include those with: Lothar Machtan, author of "The Hidden Hitler" Geoffrey Giles, author of a study of gays in the Nazi party Brigitte...

Director : Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Gabriel Rotello

Production Year : 2004

Duration : 90

Language : English

The Third Reich in Color 1937-1945

Collection of archival films in color that document the Third Reich in the years 1937 - 1945. Documents scenes of civilian life in Germany before the war and during the war, social events, official visits, senior figures in the Nazi leadership hierarchy.*

Director : Michael Kloft

Production Year : 2001

Duration : 100

Language : English

בית אטלנטיס

A short documentary. The film talks about the science fiction fairy tale from the Nazi Germany’s cultural history. This is the film’s real Haus Atlantis, an Expressionist building built in 1931 in Bremen, designed by the controversial german architect Bernard Hoetger and commissioned by businessman Ludwig Roselius in order to restore the self esteem of the German people. Hoetger was inspired by Roselius’s belief that Germans originated in Atlantis and were thus the founders of civilisation.

Director : קרן רוסו

Production Year : 2016

Duration : 10

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