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Poland 1939: When German Soldiers Became War Criminals

8.0 52 mins Documentary   Animation   History   2019
ARTE   Gruppe 5   ZDF   Phoenix  
Director(s): Alexander Hogh Jean-Christoph Caron

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.

Casts of Poland 1939: When German Soldiers Became War Criminals

Nicole Engeln

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Jochen Böhler

as Self - Historian

Dawid Golik

as Self - Historian

Detlef Fetchenhauer

as Self - Psychologist

Sybille Steinbacher

as Self - Historian

Włodzimierz Borodziej

as Self - Historian

Maren Röger

as Self - Historian

Cezary Król

as Self - Historian

Jan Turnau

as Self - Journalist

Adolf Hitler

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Heinrich Himmler

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

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