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Nazi war crimes and criminals, their whereabouts, and the Nazi hunters who sought their arrest and prosecution. This was originally commissioned by the Australian Seven Network and filmed on location in Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, France, Germany, Israel and the UK.

Director : John Oakley

Production Year : 1981

Duration : 52

Language : English

In Search of History - The Odessa File

Episode in the series "The Search For History" of the History Channel that deals with the "Odessa" organization, a secret organization which, at the end of the Second World War coordinated the escape of Nazi war criminals to places of refuge and spread the Nazi ideology in the world. Includes photographs, archival films and dramatic reconstruction.

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 44

Language : English

Ratlines

The Jewish Holocaust of the 1930's and 40's is probably one of the most well-documented atrocities in recent Western history. The horrors suffered by six million Jews and eight million other minorities in Nazi concentration camps have been the subject of countless books, films, and documentaries, and have taken an important place in school curricula throughout the US and Europe. But is it possible the same powers who claim that education and history will bring justice to victims of the Holocaust have failed to bring justice to them in the only practical manner possible? Ratlines explores the events in the...

Director : Piers Thompson

Production Year : 1991

Duration : 46

Language : English

Europe's Most Dangerous Man - Otto Skorzeny in Spain

A documentary movie. Austrian Waffen-SS Lieutenant-colonel Otto Skorzeny was Hitler's favorite commando. His participaed in the German military action the rescue of Benito Mussolini in the Apennines and in covert "Operation Greif" at the Battle of the Bulge. In May 1945 he was taken prisoner by the US Army. After 3 years in a POW camp, Skorzeny escaped to a safe haven in Franco's Spain. Also Skorzeny was the Nazi ratline mastermind, gun runner, advisor to Egyptian President Nasser, freelance covert operations agent for CIA and Mossad and other western intelligence services.

Director : Pablo Azorin, Pedro De Echave

Production Year : 2020

Duration : 67

Language : Catalan, English, German, Spanish

Hannah Arendt

Biopic "Hannah Arendt" centers on Arendt's response to the 1961 trial of ex-Nazi Adolf Eichmann, which she covered for The New Yorker. Her writing on the trial became controversial for its depiction of both Eichmann and the Jewish councils, and for its introduction of Arendt's now-famous concept of "the banality of evil". The film, which captures Arendt at one of the most pivotal moments of her life and career, also features portrayals of other prominent intellectuals, including philosopher Martin Heidegger, novelist Mary McCarthy, and New Yorker editor William Shawn.

Director : Margarethe Von Trotta

Production Year : 2012

Duration : 113

Language : English, German