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Leni Riefenstahl   1902-2003

Hitler And Riefenstahl

German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl (C)

taking a walk w. German fuhrer Adolf Hitler (R)

and Reichsminister Joseph Goebbels

during their visit to her new home.

Location: Dahlem, Germany

Date taken: June 1937

Photograph: Heinrich Hoffmann

Heinrich Hoffmann (12 September 1885 – 16 December 1957)

was Adolf Hitler's official photographer,

and a Nazi politician and publisher,

who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Hoffmann_(photographer)

Life Images

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/
l?imgurl=6ddbc0f0b01086c5 - broken link

Leni Riefenstahl making a movie in Germany in the 1930s.

After World War II,

the director tried to recast herself as an apolitical artist.

Photograph; Popperfoto, via Getty Images

Filmmaker’s Private Archive Rekindles Debate Over Her Nazi Ties

Recent access to Leni Riefenstahl’s estate

has prompted new discussions in Germany about her politics

and a reconsideration of her photographs of the Nuba people in Sudan.

NYT

Nov. 6, 2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/
movies/leni-riefenstahl-documentary-nuba-photographs.html

 Leni Riefenstahl    1902-2003

Hitler's

favourite film propagandist

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/
movies/leni-riefenstahl-documentary-nuba-photographs.html

https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/29/
riefenstahl-review-deep-dive-study-takes-down-the-nazis-favourite-director

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/dec/09/
burying-leni-riefenstahl-nina-gladitz-lifelong-crusade-
hitler-film-maker

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/
movies/german-film-leni-riefenstahl.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/24/
berlin-museum-offers-glimpse-of-leni-riefenstahl-estate

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/06/
movies/homevideo/triumph-of-the-will-
fascist-rants-and-the-hollywood-response.html

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jun/14/
shameful-legacy-olympics-1936-berlin 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/feb/16/
nazi-3d-films-discovered

https://www.npr.org/2007/06/04/
10698820/steven-bach-looking-closely-at-leni-riefenstahl

https://www.npr.org/2003/09/13/
1429805/scott-simon-essay-leni-riefenstahl

https://www.npr.org/2003/09/12/
1429468/commentary-leni-and-eddie

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3093574.stm - 9 September 2003

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3093154.stm - 9 September 2003

https://www.npr.org/2003/09/09/
1424500/nazi-era-filmmaker-riefenstahl-dies-at-101

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/sep/09/
world.news1 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/sep/10/
film.germany 

https://www.theguardian.com/arts/pictures/
0,,1267862,00.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/aug/18/
artsandhumanities.germany

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/986528.stm - 23 October 2000

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