Mein Kampf
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Erwin Leiser
Claude Stephenson
Ingemar Ejve
Ingemar Ejve
Erwin Leiser
Marton Lorand
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Using films from the Nazi files, footage from other sources, and still photographs, the rise and fall of the Third Reich is documented. Seen are Hitler's early years in Vienna, his arrest after the unsuccessful revolt in Munich in 1923, and the prison where he wrote his autobiography Mein Kampf ; the rise of Nazi power in politically divided Germany; the plunging of Europe into war; atrocities against the Jews, particularly in the Warsaw ghetto and in concentration camps; the trial of German military officers after their attempt to assassinate Hitler; and the eventual defeat of Germany by the Allies. Some of the persons whose activities are portrayed include: Von Hindenburg, Liebknecht, Göring, Goebbels, and Hess. Other themes or events include: post-World War I Germany, the Treaty of Versailles, the Reichstag fire, Nazi rallies at Nuremberg, the annexation of Austria, and the post-World War II International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg.
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Released in Sweden in May 1960 as Den blodiga tiden.
