German Concentration Camps Factual Survey May 2026

By late 1945, the political winds shifted. The war was over, and the Cold War was beginning. The Allies now needed a strong, rebuilt West Germany as a bulwark against the Soviet Union.

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The film sat in the dark until the 1980s, when researchers rediscovered it. It wasn't until 2014 that the Imperial War Museum finally completed the restoration using Bernstein’s original notes and Hitchcock’s vision. By late 1945, the political winds shifted