Guy Walters
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"Berlin Games. In 1936, Adolf Hitler welcomed the world to Berlin to attend the Olympic Games. Visitors from all over the globe came to see not only a magnificent sporting event, but also a showcase for the newly rebuilt Germany. No effort was spared to present the Third Reich as the world's newest power. Swastikas fluttered next to the Olympic rings from the balconies of freshly painted buildings. Butter was hoarded weeks in advance in order to convince...
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Featuring never-before-seen archival footage and new research, it reveals how the modern Olympics were shaped by the collaboration of interests between Hitler and ambitious Olympic planners. The grand themes and controversial issues from the 1936 Berlin Games have continued to this day: monumentality, budget overruns, and collusion with authoritarian regimes, corruption, and sometimes even bribery.
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Nazi Hunters volume 8
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The incredible story of the capture of two Nazi war criminals responsible for the murder of 800,000 Jews. Despite their escape to Brazil, authorities manage to bring them down years later.
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Nazi Hunters volume 6
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Despite being responsible for the murder of 33,000 Jews, a legal loophole let Kurt Lischka live carefree in Germany. Can he be brought to justice?
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Nazi Hunters volume 1
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When the Nazi-hunting unit of the Israeli secret service gets a tip off that Hubert Cukurs is living in Brazil, they hatch a plan to catch him.
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Nazi Hunters volume 2
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How the Israeli secret service hunted down and captured one of the most notorious Nazi war criminals, after he evaded justice for decades.
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Nazi Hunters volume 3
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After WWII, the war criminal Klaus Barbie thinks he is safe and under CIA protection, unaware that a German housewife is tracking him and determine to bring him to justice.
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Nazi Hunters volume 7
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After hiding for 40 years under the protection of the Catholic Church, one of France's worst wartime criminals is discovered by an investigator determined to see justice served.
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Nazi Hunters volume 5
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Known for his sadistic experiments on the prisoners of Aushcwitz, Joseph Mengele escaped justice for nearly 30 years.
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Nazi Hunters volume 4
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Having escaped justice for fifty years, Erich Priebke is finally brought down by a group of American journalists who uncover his whereabouts.