Hitler's Battle Against the Press

Hitler's Battle Against the Press

★ 7.9IMDb Score
Released:2018-05-05
Duration:45 min
Country:Germany
Director:Ute Bönnen, Gerald Endres
Actors:
Production:National Geographic

Overview:

As early as 1920, the journalists of the "Münchener Post" recognized the danger posed by Adolf Hitler. Consistently and boldly they wrote about National Socialism. The brave journalists and their newspaper are almost forgotten today. A single book has been published about them - in Brazil.

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