45b. Unseen Docs - WWII/Holocaust
Documentaries I have not seen on the topics of WWII, resistance, and/or the Holocaust
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- DirectorAmy SchatzStarsJack FeldmanElliott SaiontzA conversation between a boy and his great-grandfather, an Auschwitz survivor, is woven with historical footage and animation to tell a heartbreaking story of Jewish life in Eastern Europe, sharing lessons from the Holocaust with a new generation.
- DirectorRobert H. GardnerStarsHelen MirrenGrace SrinivasanJoe IsenbergFrom PBS - Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story brings to life the story of a woman's extraordinary courage, tested in the crucible of Nazi-occupied Paris. With an American mother and Indian Muslim father, Noor Inayat Khan was an extremely unusual British agent, and her life spent growing up in a Sufi center of learning in Paris seemed an unlikely preparation for the dangerous work to come. Yet it was in this place of universal peace and contemplation that her remarkable courage was forged. In early 1943, Khan was recruited as a covert operative into Sir Winston Churchill's Special Operations Executive (SOE). Churchill's orders: to "Set Europe ablaze". After the collapse and arrest of her entire network, Khan became the only surviving radio operator linking the British to the French Resistance in Paris, coordinating the airdrop of weapons, explosives, and Agents, and supporting the rescue of downed Allied fliers. Betrayed by a French collaborator after four months, Khan resisted brutal interrogation by the Gestapo, escaping twice, only to be recaptured and sent to Germany where, at last, she was executed at Dachau.
- DirectorMichael EdwardsHow one black woman in 1944 overcame racism, the German's and the odds to become one of the Second World War's unlikeliest heroes.
- DirectorMark Jonathan HarrisStarsJudi DenchLory CahnKurt FuchelThe secret smuggling of 9,300 Jewish children out of Nazi Germany in the late 1930s.
- DirectorMichael MayhewStarsSteven SpielbergLeon LeysonLeopold RosnerDocumentary film produced for the 10th anniversary release of the film Schindler's List (1993) and the establishment of the "Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation"
- DirectorSergey BukovskyStarsPolina Bel'skaiaMaryna ChaikaMariia Egorycheva-GlagolevaSurvivors tell the story of the Babi Yar massacre from WWII, where some 100,000 people were massacred by German forces.
- DirectorSergey LoznitsaStarsJean-Luc JulienThere are places in Europe that have remained as painful memories of the past - factories where humans were turned into ash. These places are now memorial sites that are open to the public and receive thousands of tourists every year. The film's title refers to the eponymous novel written by W.G. Sebald, dedicated to the memory of Holocaust. This film is an observation of the visitors to a memorial site that has been founded on the territory of a former concentration camp. Why do they go there? What are they looking for?
- StarsSimon WiesenthalStephen RashbrookHans MünchUnder the guidance of Simon Wiesenthal, documents the year-long process leading up to 'the Final Solution' using newly accessible Eastern European archives, first-hand eyewitness accounts and world renowned historians.
- 2001–7.7 (10)TV EpisodeStarsOliver NorthEva BraunEckart DietzfelbingerThe 60th anniversary of VE Day is honored with a look back at the end of the European portion of World War II. Included: an interview with a soldier, who spent time with Adolf Hitler in his bunker; the experiences of an American POW, who was shot down over Berlin. Also: a veteran, who rode across the Rhine with Gen. George S. Patton, recalls the event.
- DirectorLawrence Walford"If you tell a big enough lie and repeat it often enough, people will come to believe it."
- StarsIan KershawBrigitte HamannGötz AlyOn January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany and his tenure in power lasted for more than twelve years. It began with a standing ovation and ended after a world war in which 50 million people were killed.
- The disturbing historic account of the Jewish hypnotist who mistakenly taught Hitler how to mesmerize the masses.
- DirectorR.J. AdamsThis film explores the mystic castles of Hitler's SS and political soldiers. The enormous neo-classic and medieval fortresses were typical of Nazi architecture in the Third Reich and today serve as military installations. Until now, the three Order Castles have never been viewed by the general public.
- DirectorR.J. AdamsThis film explores the mystic castles of Hitler's SS and political soldiers. The enormous neo classic and medevil fortresses were typical of nazi architecture in the Third Reich and today serve as military installations. Until now, the three Order Castles have never been viewed by the general public.
- DirectorJames BaileyStarsPatricia StarckSusan BenedictAlan VarnerAbout the nurses who used their professional skills to murder the handicapped, mentally ill and infirm at the behest of the Third Reich and directly participated in genocide.
- DirectorMarilyn GauntAnne WebberDerek GoodallStarsOlivia O'LearyChildren of the Third Reich - More than 40 years after the end of World War II, the children of Nazi soldiers are still coming to terms with the awful truth. Last Exit Berlin - Documentary about Palestinian refugees, who had fled the war in Lebanon, seeking asylum in West Germany.
- DirectorJoanna MackStarsSean BennettA film about the secret films of the Third Reich trying to convince the public and the Nazi party members on euthanasia having to to with the "T4" program. The killing of handicapped people. The most important aspect of the T4 program is the gas chambers created to murder, successful, and used to a larger capacity in the death camps later on.
- DirectorChanoch Ze'eviStarsBettina GöringKatrin HimmlerMonika HertwigA look into the lives of the descendants of the top Nazi officials who worked under Hitler's command.
- StarsSteffen HallaschkaWalter FeidenMario Adorf"The world collapses and we can not stop its collapse." This sentence writes a Berliner early 1945 in her diary. The war, the Nazis unleashed in 1939, has long been lost, but Adolf Hitler leads his people undeterred into ruin.
- DirectorOliver HalmburgerThomas StaehlerStarsFlorian M. BeierlAdolf HitlerAlois HitlerThis film provides history about members of Adolf Hitler's family of origin and surviving members of his family up to the date of it's release. It highlights suspected reasoning for Hitler's attempts at eradicating any and all traces of his family's existence from public record during his time in power.
- DirectorMatthew OgensStarsDeborah CampbellHeath CampbellDavid GardnerMeet the Hitlers is a feature documentary that examines the relationship between names and identity, by exploring the lives of people who are linked by the name 'Hitler.' The film raises important questions about the meaning of names, and explores complex issues like immigration, racism, and tolerance. Yet it's ultimately a character-driven story, offering an intimate portrait of its subjects, whose reactions to their name span the spectrum of human experience, from tragedy to comedy, and heartbreak to hope.
- DirectorRüdiger SuchslandStarsRüdiger SuchslandRike SchmidHans Henrik WöhlerRüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945 when the Third Reich collapsed.
- DirectorSimon WinchcombeStarsTamsin GreigFreda KnollerFreddie KnollerHolocaust survivor Freddie Knoller talks about being a young Jewish man during WWII.
- DirectorMarc TileyBen MoleStarsBrian DennehyRichard John EvansTerry CharmanMystery Files investigates why Adolf Hitler decided to go into politics. In World War I, Hitler as a young army private is injured during a poison gas and is taken to a psychiatric military hospital where he makes his fateful decision. Scholars argue that his traumatic experiences may have inspired his political outlook.