Hans Henrik Wöhler

This talk is given by Andrew Kranis of American Academy in Rome.

The systematic antisemitism of the Nazis peaked with the pogroms of 1938/39, the outcome of which was incomparable violence and despotism towards Jewish citizens. The events that culminated in the ‘Reichspogromnacht’ also led to a massive wave of expropriation.

This documentary takes you inside Hitler's first Eastern front military headquarters during WWII, as told by former residents and military personnel.

Narrated by Udo Kier, Rüdiger Suchsland's film suggests that the Third Reich was an immersive movie starring the German nation created by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. "Hitler’s Hollywood" collages films from the more than 1000 features the Nazis produced from 1933-1945: musicals, melodramas, romances, war films – and when the real war got insanely lavish, over-the-top fantasies.