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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

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

Children Fire - The Twins of Auschwitz

Documentary film about the Jewish twins who were sent in 1944 to Auschwitz and on some of whom medical experiements were performed.

Director : Guido Knopp

Production Year : 1992

Duration : 51

Language : German

If One of Us Should Die

Director : Susanna Edling

Production Year : 1998

Duration : 58

Language : Hungarian

Rene and I: From Auschwitz to America

One of the best known characters of WW2 was Dr Joseph Mengele and the experiments he did on human kind and specifically on twins. Many times we have had the opportunity to hear the terrible story about him and this time we hear and see it through the eyes of the twins Rene and Irene who survived the war and tell their story. From a world of death and fear, a moving story blooms, full of hope and love, a victory of mankind and a strong connection that only twins can share.

Director : Gina Angelone

Production Year : 2004

Duration : 55

Language : English

Mengele - The Final Account

Documentary film that deals with Josef Mengele, a physician and SS Officer, who was known as "The Angel of Death of Auschwitz". Includes testimonies, archival films and photographs.

Director : Dan Setton

Production Year : 1996

Duration : 66

Language : Hebrew

לסלוח למנגלה

This documentary film tells the story of Eva Mozes who were, together with her twin sister, victim of Nazi SS doctor Josef Mengele and decides to gather a press conference in which she declares a forgiveness to perpetrator Dr. Mengele is the best way of self healing. This declaration provoked a stance that angered her fellow survivors since forgiveness can be construed as applying to the unrepentant and is to betray Mengele’s other victims.

Director : Bob Hercules, Cheri Pugh

Production Year : 2006

Duration : 82

Language : English, German

Auschwitz, The Nazis and the Final Solution

Final part in the BBC 6-part documentary series; ‘Liberation and Revenge’ completes the history of Auschwitz. As the end of the war approached, Auschwitz officers tried to hide the evidence of their crimes but were not completely successful. After liberation, survivors searched for their family and tried to return to their prewar homes, but former communities and neighbors did not always welcome them. As evidence of war crimes emerged, some senior SS officers were tried and convicted; others were allowed to resume their lives. Over 4 years, 1.3 million people were sent to Auschwitz and 1.1 million people died...

Director : Laurence Rees

Production Year : 2005

Duration : 50

Language : English

Auschwitz, The Nazis and the Final Solution

Fifth part in the BBC 6-part documentary series; ‘Murder and Intrigue’ explores the web of international politics spun during the last nine months of 1944. By that spring, the Allies knew about Auschwitz and had the military capability to bomb it. Yet despite the pleas of Jewish leaders, the British and Americans decided not to bomb the railways or gas chambers. During the spring and summer, hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews were deported to Auschwitz at a time when the killing machinery had been honed to perfection. That autumn saw a significant act of resistance in Auschwitz, when a group of Jewish...

Director : Laurence Rees

Production Year : 2005

Duration : 50

Language : English

Auschwitz, The Nazis and the Final Solution

Forth part in the BBC 6-part documentary series; ‘Corruption’ reveals why Auschwitz was unique in the Nazi state as the only site that was both a concentration and an extermination camp. The reason was simple-money. At Auschwitz, the Nazis wanted to kill "useless mouths" instantly and work stronger prisoners to death as slave laborers in places like the nearby IG Farben factory. Meanwhile, the SS profited from the belongings of those they killed-so much so, that in the summer of 1943, an investigation was launched into corruption in the camp and the commandant was removed. Elsewhere, individuals and nations are...

Director : Laurence Rees

Production Year : 2005

Duration : 50

Language : English

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