Mein Kampf contains authentic WWII, German footage of the Warsaw horrors uncovered in the secret archives of the SS Elite guard. It historically documents Hitler's inhumane policies by using still photos, newspaper excerpts, newsreel footage and tells the naked truth of how the world shamefully stood by and did too little, too late. Graphically, it cries out a Nazi Germany which took 13 million lives, and trampled over the human spirit�with unspeakable cruelty while the world watched� The second documentary simply titled Adolf Hitler contains news reel footage and chronicles the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler, chancellor of Germany, leader of the Nazi Party and principal architect of World War II. Narrated by CLAUDE STEPHENSON
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Utilizing rare footage found in Nazi archives at the end of World War II, this documentary presents a comprehensive and disturbing look at the rise of the Nazi party. The emergence of Hitler from an impoverished crank living in a flophouse to a man backed politically by rich industrialists as well as the German masses is portrayed with a wealth of archival photographs and films. Though first considered to be a joke, Hitler and cronies such as Goering and Himmler soon found themselves taken seriously, and this documentary shows how their cunning political skills, backed with the thuggery of their Brown Shirt followers, gradually established Hitler as a dictator. The eventual outbreak of war is depicted with dramatic film shot by the Nazis, which includes particularly chilling footage of a conflict that was shrouded in mystery until the war had ended, the massacre of Poles and others in territory swept over by the blitzkrieg. The madness and astounding violence that swept Europe is very well documented right up to Hitler's last public appearance, when he greeted boys who had been fighting for the doomed German war machine in the final months of the war. A second biographical documentary, Adolf Hitler, appears as a bonus feature on the DVD. --Robert J. McNamara
