Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"To cap the prosecution's presentation on Counts 1 and 2, the Americans on December 11 showed a four-hour movie, 'The Nazi Plan'. Excerpted from German propaganda films and newsreels, especially Leni Riefenstahl's epic 'Triumph of the Will', the film had been prepared by Hollywoods novelist-screenwriter Budd Schulberg, director George C. Stevens, and Hungarian producer Alexander Pathy under the direction of thirty-year old Commander James G. Donovan, the general counsel of the OSS." from Robert Conot, "Justice at Nuremberg", p. 197, Harper & Row 1983; (a comprehensive account of the trial of the Nazi leaders) Oliver Bryk PS I saw some of her movies in my youth. They certainly served their purpose. IMHO it is disingenuous of Leni Riefenstahl to deny her involvement in the Nazi rule. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html