Documentaries Tagged “WWII”
Dr. Goebbels Speaks
Dr. Goebbels Speaks
A controversy has been stirred up, 60 years after the end of the war, over how Nazis should be depicted. Should they merely be treated as objects of historical enquiry, or is it legitimate to want to enter into their minds?
In the new film Downfall, Bruno Ganz has put on a military overcoat, moustache and hat in order to perform Hit...
Copenhagen Fall Out
Copenhagen Fall Out
During World War II, there were mounting fears that Hitler was building an atomic bomb. Such a prospect depended on two of the world’s top nuclear scientists: brilliant German physicist Werner Heisenberg, and his Danish mentor, Niels Bohr. In 1941, Heisenberg traveled 200 miles in secret to Copenhagen to meet Bohr.
The meeting put b...
FDR Pearl Harbor Conspiracy
FDR Pearl Harbor Conspiracy
The film investigates theories on Pearl Harbor and possible conspiracy(s) there has been much debate as to how and why the United States had been caught unaware, and how much and when American officials knew of Japanese plans and related topics.
Some argue that various parties knew of the attack in advance and may even have let it h...
Apocalypse: The Second World War
Apocalypse: The Second World War
Thanks to the efforts of a few, private collectors and archivists, these forgotten films have been rediscovered, restored and made available by National Geographic Channel in an extraordinary six-part series: Apocalypse: The Second World War. In addition to stunning footage, the series presents WWII in an innovative and provocative way...
Hitler’s Children
Hitler’s Children
Never has a generation been so completely taken over by a totalitarian state as was the case in Hitler’s Third Reich: at the age of 10 children joined the Jungvolk movement, at 14 they joined the Hitler Youth, and at 18 they joined the party, the Wehrmacht, the SA, or the SS.
This 5-part documentary by Guido Knopp and the ZDF Contem...
Auschwitz: The Nazi Final Solution
Auschwitz: The Nazi Final Solution
Auschwitz was the site of the largest mass murder the world has ever seen. This landmark, 6-part series charts the evolution of the camp and the mentality of the perpetrators, and shows how the place related to the Nazis overall campaign of extermination.
Written and produced by award-winning filmmaker Laurence Rees, and using new r...