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The Gate of Hell: On June 22, 1941, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union. His goal – to deprive Great Britain in Europe and gain ‘Lebensraum (habitat)’ in the East.
‘This is an entirely new kind of war, with unprecedentedly brutal rules,’ says historian Moshe Zimmermann when talking about the campaign in the East, which goes hand in hand with the escalation of Germany’s Jewish policy.
Nov-21 7:30pm SBS World Movies: The Last Vermeer
While Joseph Piller, a Dutch Jew, was fighting in the Resistance during the Second World War, the debonair art connoisseur Han van Meegeren was selling Dutch art to Hermann Goring and other Nazis. Read more
Dec-29 11:20pm SBS-TV: Uri Geller’s Secret Treasures
Uri Geller, the man who bends spoons, reads minds, and can stop your watch. Read more
Apr-25 11:45pm SBS-TV: Auschwitz – One Day
This documentary tells the story of a typical day in 1944 in the ‘death factory’ at Auschwitz from the viewpoint of victims – but it also allows insights into the mindset of the perpetrators. Read more
