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Heinrich Himmler's three-and-a-half-hour-long "Posen Speech" to ninety-two SS generals in the Golden Hall of Posen Castle (Poland) on the occasion of the SS Group Leader's conference on the fourth of October, 1943 is "one of the most terrifying documents of German language". On the other, it is one of the most important documents of National-Socialism. Actor Manfred Zapatka reads the entire speech, employing the authentic text which was reconstructed from the original sound recording. The film was shot in one day, using four cameras in a studio.

Director : Romuald Karmakar

Production Year : 2000

Duration : 182

Language : German

Rechnitz

Documentary film that tries to follow the fates of 180 Hungarian Jewish forced laborers who on 24 March, 1945 were brought to the railway station in Rechnitz, Austria, in a state of illness and exhaustion and from that time their fate is unknown.

Director : Eduard Erne, Margareta Heinrich

Production Year : 1992

Duration : 15

Language : English

The Secret Files of Nazism - Mengele: The Final Account

This is a firsthand account by the Mossad agents who planned and implemented the covert "Operation Eichmann." Shot on location in Austria, Germany, Italy, Argentina, England and Israel, the film uses a mixture of documentary techniques and dramatic reenactments to retrace Eichmann's, a central figure in organizing the "Final Solution", escape route from Germany after World War II.

Director : Dan Setton

Production Year : 1996

Duration : 91

Language : French

The Truth About Auschwitz

Program of the German television network ZDF which was produced in 1995 to mark 50 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. Survey of the camp activities through survivor testimonies, testimonies of former SS men, photographs, archival films, a memorial ceremony.

Director : Guido Knopp

Production Year : 1995

Duration : 56

Language : German

Heroes and Tyrants of the 20th Century - Hitler

חייו של הרודן, עליית הנאציזם ומהלכים מרכזיים במלה"ע ה-2 באמצעות תצלומי וסרטי ארכיון. מלה"ע ה-1, חיי כלכלה בגרמניה, ספרטקים, הפגנות, מפלגה נאצית, ס"א, עיתונים, ארנסט רוהם, פוטש 1923, רודולף הס, "מיין קאמפף", יוליוס שטרייכר, "דר שטירמר", הינדנבורג, לודנדורף, בחירות, מצוקה כלכלית, מפגנים, תעמולה, פון שלייכר, פון פאפן, מצעדים, 27.2.33 - שרפת הרייכסטאג, מעצרי מתנגדים, 1.4.33 - חרם כלכלי על עסקים יהודים, 1.5.33 - שרפת ספרים, מוסוליני, 30.6.34 - "ליל הסכינים הארוכות", ס"ס, ברכטסגאדן, גלי ראובל, אווה בראון, צבא גרמני, תעשייה צבאית, קרופ, "לבנסבורן", איינשטיין, 7.3.36 - כוחות גרמנים בריינלנד, 12.3.38 - "אנשלוס", 30.9.38...

Production Year : 1990

Duration : 55

Language : English

Investigative Reports - The Mystery of Josef Mengele

Documentary film that describes through testimonies, expert analysis, photographs and archival films the story of the mystery of Josef Mengele, physician and SS officer who succeeded in fleeing Europe after the World War and has never been brought to justice.

Director : Dan Setton

Production Year : 1995

Duration : 50

Language : English

People's Century - Master Race (1933), Total War (1939), Brave new World (1945)

Archival series of 26 programmes looking at the past 100 years. Three chapetrs are relevant: 1933- In this series looking at momemtous events in the twentieth century through the eyes of ordinary people, this programme looks at the rise of Hitler and its consequences. 1939- Civilians recount their experiences of the Second World War. 1945- Brave New World: Charts the meeting of American and Soviet armies on the banks of the Elbe in 1945. American and Russian soldiers talk about that experience. The programme covers the period from victory in the Second World War through the rise of the Cold War to the building...

Director : Jonathan Lewis, John Bridcut

Production Year : 1995

Duration : 107

Language : English

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

Mut der Verzweiflung: Widerstand in Vernichtungslagern am beispiel Treblinka und Sobibor, Teil 1

First part of a documentary film that deals with the resistance in the Treblinka and Sobibor death camps. Includes testimonies, photographs and archival films.

Director : Peter Neusner

Production Year : 1985

Duration : 87

Language : German

Der Todesmarsch Der Juden Aus Dem Konzentrationslager Flossenbuerg

Documentary film that deals with the death march from the Flossenbürg concentration camp to Dachau a short time before liberation of Flossenbürg by forces of the US Army. Includes testimonies, photographs and archival films.

Director : Peter Heigl

Production Year : 1997

Duration : 43 44

Language : German

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