Atrocities Of War
Product Description
Format: DVD
Run Time: 55 minutes
Witness the gruesome discovery of the Katyn Massacre of more than 4,000 Polish Prisoners of war and the detailed examination of these corpses by the German Army. Visit the concentration camps and see the horror of the holocaust. Next, the execution of German Spies after the Battle of The Bugle and the hanging of young German youth who killed captured American Airman downed over Germany. See the firing squad bring justice to other war criminals who committed atrocities of war.Watch as Hitler celebrates his 50th birthday on April 20th, 1939 in Berlin. This elaborate military celebration inspired nationalistic pride in the German people. Thousands of German citizens flock to the parade area that is dressed up with flowers and flags, and monolithic statuary designed by Albert Speer. Watch as Nazi infantry divisions, elite SS divisions, paratroopers, panther tanks pass in the processional. This celebration was designed to send message to European countries that Hitler was ready for war.
Next watch as Hitler tours of Panther tank factory as Germans follow him around.
September 1st, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Russia, Germany’s ally, invaded Poland a short time after. Then Hitler invaded Denmark and Norway. In May 1940 Nazi’s invaded the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxemburg. Then Paris surrendered. In June of 1941, Hitler invaded Russia. Watch actual war footage of these events.
When the German’s entered Russia they found the Russian NKVD had massacred nearly 5,000 polish officers in the Katyn forest, referred to as the Katyn Massacre. See footage from a 1943 German documentary of the exhumation of the bodies. Watch as Germans extract personal effects, documents, pictures and passports from the slain Polish soldiers. Witness German’s doctors perform autopsies on the corpses. In April of 1990, USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev admitted the NKVD’s responsibility for killing thousands of Polish Officers.
On July 20th 1944, Hitler held a high level Nazi meeting at his Wolf’s Lair where a group of German Officers conspired to assassinate him. The key conspirator in the failed assassination attempt, Operation Walkurie, was Wehrmacht Heer officer Claus von Stauggenberg. A Nazi officer unknowingly moved the briefcase with the bomb in it, and Hitler suffered minor injuries. Later that day, Hitler kept his meeting with Benito Mussolini. This was Hitler’s last meeting with Mussolini. Watch as Hitler and Mussolini tour the Wolf’s Lair after the attack and watch as Hitler says goodbye to Mussolini while he holds his arm stiff.
Next watch the trial of the men who conspired to assassinate Hitler. Witness the defendants’ defense attorneys and the judges ridicule the men charged with Hitler’s attempted assassination. Watch as the defendants tell the judge that they wanted to stop Nazi atrocities. Hitler orders the defendants to be hanged like cattle by piano wire attached to meat hooks.
Listen and watch as a report comes in from the Northern Sector of the Allied front on December 16th describing the bad weather conditions. The German’s counted these weather conditions and launched a full scale attack in the Ardennes sector, in which the Germans penetrated 20 miles. Then listen to another report come in on December 20th in which Eisenhower gives Montgomery full command of all allied troops north of the breakthrough. Watch footage as the Allied bomber forces pound the enemy. The report then explains that the tides have turned in the allies favor because British troops are taking troops in the contra-offensive. Then watch War Department footage of 3 German spies captured in the Battle of the Bulge. They were caught behind Allied lines wearing U.S. uniforms while trying to sabotage Allied defenses. The German spies are convicted and were executed by the firing squads.
Next watch the horrendous footage of the concentration camps at Leipzig, Ohrdruf, Hadamar, Nordhausen, Hannover, Buchenwald, Dachau, and Belsen.
Watch the Trial of Nuremberg at the Palace of Justice as 20 of Hitler’s most important Nazi’s are tried for War crimes. The names of the defendants are Hermann Goring, Rudolf Hess, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Walther Funk, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Baron Konstantin von Neurath, Erich Raeder, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz Sauckel, Baldur von Schirach, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Albert Speer, Julius Streicher, Martin Bormann, Karl Dönitz, Hans Fritzsche, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Franz von Papen, Dr. Hjalmar Schacht and Robert Ley.
Next see footage of Anton Dostler, the first high ranking Nazi officer to be killed, by a firing squad in Aversa, Italy. Dostler was convicted of killing 15 American’s who were caught behind German lines before VE Day. Watch as two more group of war criminals are killed at two different prisons.
At the end of the war Hitler moved his headquarters to a bunker under the Chancellery Gardens. The bunker is often referred to as Fuhrerbunker, which in German means the leaders bunker. See footage of Hitler and Eva Braun, and watch the remnants of the destroyed bunker where Hitler and Eva committed suicide.
Run Time: 55 minutes
Witness the gruesome discovery of the Katyn Massacre of more than 4,000 Polish Prisoners of war and the detailed examination of these corpses by the German Army. Visit the concentration camps and see the horror of the holocaust. Next, the execution of German Spies after the Battle of The Bugle and the hanging of young German youth who killed captured American Airman downed over Germany. See the firing squad bring justice to other war criminals who committed atrocities of war.Watch as Hitler celebrates his 50th birthday on April 20th, 1939 in Berlin. This elaborate military celebration inspired nationalistic pride in the German people. Thousands of German citizens flock to the parade area that is dressed up with flowers and flags, and monolithic statuary designed by Albert Speer. Watch as Nazi infantry divisions, elite SS divisions, paratroopers, panther tanks pass in the processional. This celebration was designed to send message to European countries that Hitler was ready for war.
Next watch as Hitler tours of Panther tank factory as Germans follow him around.
September 1st, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Russia, Germany’s ally, invaded Poland a short time after. Then Hitler invaded Denmark and Norway. In May 1940 Nazi’s invaded the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxemburg. Then Paris surrendered. In June of 1941, Hitler invaded Russia. Watch actual war footage of these events.
When the German’s entered Russia they found the Russian NKVD had massacred nearly 5,000 polish officers in the Katyn forest, referred to as the Katyn Massacre. See footage from a 1943 German documentary of the exhumation of the bodies. Watch as Germans extract personal effects, documents, pictures and passports from the slain Polish soldiers. Witness German’s doctors perform autopsies on the corpses. In April of 1990, USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev admitted the NKVD’s responsibility for killing thousands of Polish Officers.
On July 20th 1944, Hitler held a high level Nazi meeting at his Wolf’s Lair where a group of German Officers conspired to assassinate him. The key conspirator in the failed assassination attempt, Operation Walkurie, was Wehrmacht Heer officer Claus von Stauggenberg. A Nazi officer unknowingly moved the briefcase with the bomb in it, and Hitler suffered minor injuries. Later that day, Hitler kept his meeting with Benito Mussolini. This was Hitler’s last meeting with Mussolini. Watch as Hitler and Mussolini tour the Wolf’s Lair after the attack and watch as Hitler says goodbye to Mussolini while he holds his arm stiff.
Next watch the trial of the men who conspired to assassinate Hitler. Witness the defendants’ defense attorneys and the judges ridicule the men charged with Hitler’s attempted assassination. Watch as the defendants tell the judge that they wanted to stop Nazi atrocities. Hitler orders the defendants to be hanged like cattle by piano wire attached to meat hooks.
Listen and watch as a report comes in from the Northern Sector of the Allied front on December 16th describing the bad weather conditions. The German’s counted these weather conditions and launched a full scale attack in the Ardennes sector, in which the Germans penetrated 20 miles. Then listen to another report come in on December 20th in which Eisenhower gives Montgomery full command of all allied troops north of the breakthrough. Watch footage as the Allied bomber forces pound the enemy. The report then explains that the tides have turned in the allies favor because British troops are taking troops in the contra-offensive. Then watch War Department footage of 3 German spies captured in the Battle of the Bulge. They were caught behind Allied lines wearing U.S. uniforms while trying to sabotage Allied defenses. The German spies are convicted and were executed by the firing squads.
Next watch the horrendous footage of the concentration camps at Leipzig, Ohrdruf, Hadamar, Nordhausen, Hannover, Buchenwald, Dachau, and Belsen.
Watch the Trial of Nuremberg at the Palace of Justice as 20 of Hitler’s most important Nazi’s are tried for War crimes. The names of the defendants are Hermann Goring, Rudolf Hess, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Walther Funk, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Baron Konstantin von Neurath, Erich Raeder, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz Sauckel, Baldur von Schirach, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Albert Speer, Julius Streicher, Martin Bormann, Karl Dönitz, Hans Fritzsche, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Franz von Papen, Dr. Hjalmar Schacht and Robert Ley.
Next see footage of Anton Dostler, the first high ranking Nazi officer to be killed, by a firing squad in Aversa, Italy. Dostler was convicted of killing 15 American’s who were caught behind German lines before VE Day. Watch as two more group of war criminals are killed at two different prisons.
At the end of the war Hitler moved his headquarters to a bunker under the Chancellery Gardens. The bunker is often referred to as Fuhrerbunker, which in German means the leaders bunker. See footage of Hitler and Eva Braun, and watch the remnants of the destroyed bunker where Hitler and Eva committed suicide.
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