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The Gleiwitz Case

To justify their invasion of Poland at the start of WWII, Nazi high command hatches a secret plan: six Polish men from an SS training camp are sent on a special mission to the town of Gleiwitz, to fake a Polish raid on Germany. The ‘provoked’ Germans will thus launch a ‘counterattack’ on Poland.

Top Cast

  • Hannjo Hasse

    Hannjo Hasse

    Alfred Naujocks

  • Herwart Grosse

    Herwart Grosse

    Gestapochef Müller

  • Hilmar Thate

    Hilmar Thate

    KZ-Häftling

  • Christoph Beyertt

    Christoph Beyertt

    Volksdeutscher Franz Sitte

  • Wolfgang Kalweit

    Wolfgang Kalweit

    Volksdeutscher Hans-Wilhelm Kraweit

  • Georg Leopold

    Georg Leopold

    Volksdeutscher Franz Wyczorek

  • Heinz Behrens

    Heinz Behrens

    Offizier

  • Rolf Ripperger

    Rolf Ripperger

  • Rudolf Woschiek

    Rudolf Woschiek

Overview

To justify their invasion of Poland at the start of WWII, Nazi high command hatches a secret plan: six Polish men from an SS training camp are sent on a special mission to the town of Gleiwitz, to fake a Polish raid on Germany. The ‘provoked’ Germans will thus launch a ‘counterattack’ on Poland.

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