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A documentary tracing the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany. The National Socialists effectively utilised film, radio and spectacle in order to create a propaganda involving the majority of Aryan, German-speaking people: a vast theatre of fascism and racism. The film traces the philosophical development of Hitler, as well as the history of World War II (including footage on the occupation of Poland, Czechoslavakia and France, and footage of the decisive battles of Stalingrad and Normandy). The most devastating material explores the fate of the Jewish people under Nazi occupation, including footage of the Warsaw Ghetto and the concentration camps where millions of Jews, political prisoners and “social deviants” were incarcerated and exterminated. It is the power of the stark black and white visuals which fully expose the inhumanity that underlied Nazi philosophy. WARNING: THIS VIDEO FEATURES DISTURBING AND CONFRONTING FOOTAGE OF WAR CRIMES PERPETUATED BY THE NAZI REGIME.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
304376
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → World War, 1939-1945 - Europe
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers → Prison films
Documentary → Documentary films - Sweden
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → National socialism
Feature films → Feature films - Sweden
History → Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)