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A thriller. On May 27, 1942 the German Reichsprotector of Bohemia/Moravia, the "Hangman" Reinhard Heydrich, died from the bullets of unidentified resistance fighters. The film is the story of Heydrich's assassination and of the search for his assassinators, two Czech underground members. The film was made in the United states of America during the Nazi occupation of the Czech Republic. The film was co-scripted by two German exiles, director Fritz Lang and playwrighter Bertolt Brecht.

Director : Fritz Lang

Production Year : 1943

Duration : 129

Language : English

D-Day: The Total Story, D-1

This part in a documentary series of Hitler's career chronicles the largest amphibious invasion in history. Decisions, losses, battles and strategies come alive with footage and interviews with soldiers, commanders and civilians. The program traces the development of D-Day from the initial plans to the final breakthrough and follows the strategies of Eisenhower, Montgomery, Marshall and Bradley and the counter-attacks and defences of their German opponents. Archive footage, color illustrations, commentaires.

Director : Robert Lihani

Production Year : 1994

Duration : 50

Language : English

The Wannsee Сonference - Eleven Million Jews Sentenced to Death

On January 20, 1942, eleven million Jews were sentenced to death at a villa in Wannsee, Berlin. Heinrich Himmler, head of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) invited the state secretaries of the most important German government ministries to discuss and coordinate the implementation of the final solution. This documentary explores Hitler's political rise to power in 1933, the neutralizing of his opponents, his political aims, and his fixation with the elimination of the Jews. Including archival documentation and Historical commentary.

Director : Willy Lindwer

Production Year : 1992

Duration : 51

Language : Dutch, English, German

Heroes And Tyrants - Mussolini

Documentary film based on archival films about Benito Mussolini, founder of the fascist movement, prime minister of Italy, and its dictator from the fascist takeover of government in 1922 until his execution by partisans in 1945.

Director : Patricia Lagone

Production Year : 1990

Duration : 50

Language : English

A life with a suitcase - The Memories of Angelika Schronsdorff

The documentary deals with the life of Angelika Schrobsdorff, an Israeli writer with German origins.

Director : Irmgard Von Zur Muehlen

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 78

Language : German

I Am a German: Jewish Patriots in the German History, Part 2

סרט תעודי העוסק באישים יהודים בהיסטוריה של גרמניה ופטריוטיות יהודית-גרמנית. כולל תצלומים, ציורים וסרטי ארכיון. הסרט מחולק ל-2 חלקים.*

Director : Guenter Deschner, Susanne Zangenfeind

Production Year : 1992

Duration : 87

Language : German

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 Assistant - Himmler the Executer

Documentary film that deals with Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), a key figure in organizing "The Final Solution" of the Jewish problem and its execution and the second in importance in the Third Reich. The film surveys Himmler's path starting with his joining the Nazi party, his roles, many authorities, his personality, his relations with Hitler, his ideas in the racial area, and his last days. Includes archival documentation and testimonies.

Director : Guido Knopp

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 42 45

Language : German

Hitler's Assistants – Dönitz the Successor

Documentary film that deals with Admiral Karl Doenitz (1891-1980), commander of Hitler's fleet (Grossadmiral).

Director : Guido Knopp

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 40 42

Language : German

Reputations - Simon Wiesenthal - The Man Who Hunted Nazis

Personal story of Simon Wiesenthal and his life's work - pursuing Nazi war criminals and bringing them to justice through interviews with Wiesenthal, conversations with eyewitnesses, paintings, photographs and archival films.

Director : Saskia Baron

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 57

Language : English, German

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