The Lost Album of the SS

In 2016, an album containing 250 previously unseen photos of Nazi officials was discovered in the USA by Stephan Hördler, a prominent Holocaust historian, who immediately understood the album's inestimable value. The album brings together photographs of a "group of friends," all from the same region of Germany, all of whom became SS men. From 1928 to 1943, the photo album allows us to follow their journey. Hördler conducted the investigation, comparing the photos in the album with other, better-known ones, the faces of these men with those of concentration camp officials, and ultimately revealed that it was at Lichtencburg that these young men were trained, a "school" for future camp executioners, and the bonds of camaraderie and informal network that would allow them to help each other, even after the war.

Country:

France,

Germany

Genre:

Documentary,

History

Duration:

57 minutes

Year:

2025

Director:

Barbara Necek

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Company:

ZED,

Spiegel TV,

France Télévisions,

MDR,

ARD,

Histoire TV,

CNC,

Ministère des Armées et des Anciens combattants

Cast:

Narrator & Voice over

Crew:

Director

Director

Director

Documentation & Support

Producer