Rex Bloomstein
Excerpts from “Traitors to Hitler”, his Film About the 20th July, 1944 Plot
Summary
Employing excerpts from the film Traitors to Hitler, this lecture explores the manipulation of information and the abuse of the rule of law during Hitler’s regime. It highlights the role of propaganda in shaping public discourse and the complicity of the judiciary in facilitating Nazi atrocities. Through remarkable footage and historical analysis, the lecture sheds light on the resistance movement against the Nazi regime and the consequences faced by those involved.
Rex Bloomstein
Rex Bloomstein has produced films on human rights, crime and punishment, and the Holocaust. He pioneered the modern prison documentary with films such as Lifers (1983) and Strangeways (1980), which won two British Academy Awards. As well as other television productions such as Auschwitz and the Allies, and his three-part history of anti-Semitism, The Longest Hatred, he produced KZ, described as one of the first post-modern Holocaust documentaries. Other feature documentaries include An Independent Mind (2008), on freedom of expression, This Prison Where I Live (2010), on imprisoned Burmese comedian, Zarganar, and The World of Jewish Humor (1990), which traces the evolution of Jewish humor from New York’s turn-of-the-century Lower East Side to the present.
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