The Nazi Plan is a 1945 documentary film, compiled from extensive footage of captured Nazi propaganda and newsreel image and sound recordings. It was produced and presented as evidence at the Nuremberg Trials for Hermann Göring and twenty other Nazi leaders.
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| Directed by | Ray Kellogg |
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| Distributed by | United States Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality[1] |
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Running time | 192 minutes |
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Background
editThe Nazi Plan was shown as evidence at the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in Nuremberg on December 11, 1945. It was compiled by Budd Schulberg and other military personnel, under the supervision of Navy Commander James B. Donovan. The compilers took pains to use only German source material, including official newsreels and other German films (1919–45). It was put together for the US Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality and the US Office of the Chief Counsel for War Crimes."[2]
"In the course of this work, Budd Schulberg apprehended Leni Riefenstahl at her country home in Kitzbühl, Austria, as a material witness, and took her to the Nuremberg editing room, so she could help Budd identify Nazi figures in her films and in other German film material his unit had captured. Stuart Schulberg [also] took possession of the photo archive of Heinrich Hoffmann, Hitler’s personal photographer, and became the film unit’s expert on still photo evidence. Most of the stills presented at the trial carry his affidavit of authenticity."[3]
Film content
editThe film is divided into four parts:
- The rise of the NSDAP, 1921 to 1933
- Acquiring totalitarian control of Germany, 1933 to 1935
- Preparation for wars of Aggression, 1935 to 1939
- Wars of Aggression, 1939 to 1944
Media
editThe effect and context of the film, specifically Goering's presence within the Nuremberg Trials, was discussed in episode 1, entitled "On the Desperate Edge of Now", of the 1995 BBC series The Living Dead written and directed by Adam Curtis.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b Michalczyk, John J. (2014). Filming the end of the Holocaust : allied documentaries, Nuremberg and the liberation of the concentration camps. London. ISBN 9781472510372.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "The Nazi Plan". 1945.
- ^ "Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today - the Schulberg/Waletzky Restoration".
External links
edit- The Nazi Plan at IMDb
- The Nazi Plan is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- The Nazi Plan at a site explaining the circumstances in which Nazi Concentration Camps, The Nazi Plan and Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today were arranged.
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