My Life for Ireland (German: Mein Leben für Irland) is a 1941 German film directed by Max W. Kimmich and starring Anna Dammann, René Deltgen and Paul Wegener. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Otto Erdmann. It tells the story of a group of Dublin schoolboys from Irish nationalist families who unwittingly become pawns of the British and seek redemption by avenging their fallen IRA fathers in the Irish War of Independence. The movie was produced for German-occupied Europe with the intent of challenging pro-British allegiances. Some German viewers in ethnically mixed areas expressed fears that it would stimulate Poles to rebellion. The film, however, enjoyed a positive response from many audiences. Released 17 February 1941 You can watch or download this film for free at https://archive.org/details/cttrh

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Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker (Olympia Part 1 - Festival of Nations) (1938) Olympia is a 1938 German documentary film written, directed and produced by Leni Riefenstahl, documenting the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. The film was released in two parts: Olympia 1. Teil — Fest der Völker (Festival of Nations) and Olympia 2. Teil — Fest der Schönheit (Festival of Beauty). It was the first documentary feature film of the Olympic Games ever made. Olympia set the precedent for future cinematic documents, glorifying the Olympics, particularly the Summer Games. The 1936 Summer Olympics torch relay was devised for the Games by the secretary general of the Organizing Committee, Dr. Carl Diem. Riefenstahl staged the torch relay for the film, with competitive events of the Games. Many advanced motion picture techniques, which later became industry standards but which were groundbreaking at the time, were employed, including unusual camera angles, smash cuts, extreme close-ups and placing tracking shot rails within the bleachers. Although restricted to six camera positions on the stadium field, Riefenstahl set up cameras in as many other places as she could, including in the grandstands. She attached automatic cameras to balloons, including instructions to return the film to her, and she also placed automatic cameras in boats during practice runs. Amateur photography was used to supplement that of the professionals along the course of races. Perhaps the greatest innovation seen in Olympia was the use of an underwater camera. The camera followed divers through the air and, as soon as they hit the water, the cameraman dived down with them, all the while changing focus and aperture. The techniques employed are almost universally admired, but the film is controversial due to its political context. Nevertheless, the film appears on many lists of the greatest films of all-time, including Time magazine's "All-Time 100 Movies." The reaction to the film in Germany was enthusiastic, and it was received with acclaim and accolades around the world. In 1960, Riefenstahl's peers voted Olympia one of the 10 best films of all time. The Daily Telegraph recognised the film as "even more technically dazzling" than Triumph of the Will. The Times described the film as "visually ravishing ... A number of sequences in the supposedly documentary Olympia, notably that devoted to the high-diving competition, become less and less concerned with record and more and more abstract: as some of the divers hit the water, the visual interest of patterns of movement takes over." The film won a number of prestigious film awards but fell from grace, particularly in the United States due to the news in November 1938 of Kristallnacht, an especially dramatic pogrom against the Jews of Germany. Riefenstahl was touring the U.S. to promote the film at that time and was immediately asked to leave the country. The film won several awards: National Film Prize (1937–1938) Venice International Film Festival (1938) — Coppa Mussolini (Best Film) Swedish Polar Prize (1938) Greek Sports Prize (1938) Olympic Gold Medal from the International Olympic Committee (1939) Lausanne International Film Festival (1948) — Olympic Diploma Released 20 April 1938 You can watch or download this film for free at https://archive.org/details/leni-riefenstahl-olympia-fest-der-volker-1936

Reich Studies 05 - Goebbels' Diary A review of "Revelations from Goebbels' Diary: Bringing to Light Secrets of Hitler's Propaganda Minister" by David Irving https://ihr.org/jhr/v15/v15n1p-2_Irving.html