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More than any other historical documents, it is the personal private letters written by a people to 'their' dictator, Adolf Hitler, that provide the most intimate glimpses of the history of the Third Reich. A cache of more than 100,000 such letters was recently found, hidden in a secret Russian archive.

"When allied troops invaded Germany and liberated Nazi death camps at the end of World War II, they found unspeakable horrors that still haunt the world's conscience. In 1945, British and American film crews accompanying the troops liberating the camps captured these atrocities firsthand. The resulting film directed in part by Alfred Hitchcock but never finished, was discovered by Frontline in 1984 in the archives of the Imperial War Museum. Sixty...

Prelude to War: began as a training video for U.S. Troops compares the "free" world to the "slave" world--the dictatorships of Germany, Italy, and Japan. Used widely as a propaganda piece, the film endures as a study of how governments survive to justify wars to those who fight them. The Nazi strike: Capra's documentary depicts Germany's diplomatic and military betrayals leading up to the 1939 invasion of Poland and the events that finally led France...

Four non-Jewish resistance fighters who were sent to Nazi concentration camps in World War II bear witness to the Jewish Holocaust and provide a reminder of Nazi actions at camps like Auschwitz. They are Pierre Troadec (a Frenchman), Reidar Dittman (a Norwegian), Vera Laska (a Czech), and Irina Kharina (a Russian).

The Allies called him Garbo. The Nazis dubbed him Alaric. Both sides in World War II were sure Juan Pujol Garcia was their man. In reality, Pujol was a double agent and his final allegiance was to the Allies. From the relative comfort of Lisbon, Garbo fed false information to the Nazis and fabricated a network of phantom agents across Europe. Although he never fired a single shot, Garbo helped to save thousands of lives, most notably by misinforming...

An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wonderous educational field trips with the help of a magical schoolbus. Getting energized (topic: energy): The class is ready to plug in their "double trouble wheel of wonder" at the carnival when they discover all the outlets are taken. Gets charged (topic: electricity): The class is selling light bulbs. When they stop at Ms. Frizzle's house to sell her one, they find that her doorbell doesn't work. A...