Title The books he didn't burn / a Florianfilm production ; co-produced by ZDF ARTE and Las Belgas, Take Five, Planet Schule ; a film by Jascha Hannover, Claus Bredenbrock ; written and directed by Claus Bredenbrock, Jascha Hannover ; produced by André Schäfer ; co-producers, Jurgen Buedts, Gregory Zalcman

Published [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : Cargo Film & Releasing, [2023] ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file (92 min.)) : sound, color, black and white Summary Takes a critical look at the history of Western thought by examining the remains of Adolf Hitler's private library. The dictator and mass murderer owned 16,000 books at the end of his life, 1,200 of which are kept in the Library of Congress in Washington D.C today. The documentary follows American historian Timothy Ryback, who studied these books for almost a decade. While many still confine racism and antisemitism to the ideological extremes in the history of the West, Hitler's library shows that the opposite was the case: many of the books in his library were bestsellers long before the Nazis took power in 1933 -- the ideas in them paved the way for Hitler and have a strong impact until this day Notes Originally released as a motion picture in 2023 "This project was developed during Documentary Campus Masterschool"--Ending credits Credits Creative producer, Jascha Hannover ; cinematographers, Andy Lehmann, Jimmy Kets ; editors, Sandra Brandl, Kalle Satzger ; music, Steve Willaert Performer Narrator, Jeremy Irons; reader, Steve Hudson ; participants, Timothy Ryback, David Nirenberg, Emilia Roig, Max Czollek, Heike Görtemaker, and others Notes In English; some German or French dialogue with English subtitles; optional English captions Online resource; title from title frames (Kanopy, viewed January 28, 2025) Subject Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Political and social views National socialism -- History Antisemitism -- History Racism -- History Fascism -- History Scientific racism -- History Right-wing extremists -- History Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Germany -- Intellectual life. Genre/Form documentary film. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction. Form Streaming video Author Hannover, Jascha, film director, screenwriter Bredenbrock, Claus, film director, screenwriter Schäfer, André, 1966- film producer. Buedts, Jurgen, film producer Zalcman, Gregory, film producer Irons, Jeremy, 1948- narrator. Ryback, Timothy W., on-screen participant. Nirenberg, David, 1964- on-screen participant. Roig, Emilia, on-screen participant. Czollek, Max, 1987- on-screen participant. Görtemaker, Heike B., 1964- on-screen participant. Florianfilm (Firm), production company. ZDF/Arte (Firm), production company. Las Belgas (Firm), production company Take Five (Firm), production company Planet Schule, production company Cargo Film & Releasing (Firm), film distributor.

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