Inside Hitler's Killing Machine

It took less than 10 years for Hitler to set up the concentration camps many of which became centers for mass killing As research and archaeological exploration continue this documentary dives into established historiographical elements to explain how a system of concentrating populations became the rationalized apparatus of genocide

It is a word that sends a chill down the spine ldquoAhnenerberdquo Driven by a scientific megalomania the race for new discoveries led this Nazi think tank to carry out countless acts of barbarism Stored on hundreds of microfilms which are only now available the reports from this institution reveal the gruesome secrets of science according to Hitler

Hjalmar Schacht is a largely forgotten figure And yet Hitlers rise to power depended on him Adapted from the novel The Devils Banker by JeanFranccedilois Bouchard this documentary paints the portrait of a fascinating character at once intellectually brilliant and imbued with an icy cynicism and who paradoxically was never a member of the Nazi party despite being one of its pillars