Poland 1939: When German Soldiers Became War Criminals
Directed by Alexander Hogh, Jean-Christoph Caron
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September 1st, 1939. Nazi Germany invades Poland. The campaign is fast, cruel and ruthless. In these circumstances, how is it that ordinary German soldiers suddenly became vicious killers, terrorizing the local population? Did everyone turn into something worse than wild animals? The true story of the first World War II offensive that marks in the history of infamy the beginning of a carnage and a historical tragedy.Read moreLess
September 1st, 1939. Nazi Germany invades Poland. The campaign is fast, cruel and ruthless. In these circumstances, how is it that ordinary German soldiers suddenly became vicious killers, terrorizing the local population? Did everyone turn into something worse than wild animals? The true story of the first World War II offensive that marks in the history of infamy the beginning of a carnage and a historical tragedy.
The story
September 1st, 1939. Nazi Germany invades Poland. The campaign is fast, cruel and ruthless. In these circumstances, how is it that ordinary German soldiers suddenly became vicious killers, terrorizing the local population? Did everyone turn into something worse than wild animals? The true story of the first World War II offensive that marks in the history of infamy the beginning of a carnage and a historical tragedy.
Cast & crew
Adolf HitlerSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Heinrich HimmlerSelf - Politician (archive footage)Explore the crew
- Director
- Alexander Hogh
- Editor
- Claudia Spoden
- Producer
- Silke Breidenbach
- Producer
- Alexander Hesse
- Producer
- Katharina Krohmann
- Director
- Jean-Christoph Caron
- Writer
- Jean-Christoph Caron
- Writer
- Martin Ehrmann