tis what prompted me to watch the 1961 version
the 1961 is about the trial of the judges not the nazi leaders but really it was so much more about redressing the out of control people in power that we still see to this day in ukraine and the middle east.
all very complex and deep for any discourse on a football messageboard but i can chip in with a nazi related goering snippet from my past and as russel crowe is portraying him in the new fillum it would be rude not to...
there is an intimate dining room in very top of the officers' mess in what was once raf gutersloh known as the goering room. herman goering used to base himself at the former luftwaffe officers' mess and regale new young just qualified nazi luftwaffe pilots of tales of his exploits as a fighter ace over dinner. the room (when i last was in it) is bestowed in photographs of goering and hitler and nazi parades and even has a couple of machine guns from messerschmitt adorning the walls.
the piece de resistance of the room though is the novel "goering beam" that he used to freak out the junior pilots with. basically in one of the beams above his chair he had got the aircraft mechanics to fit a mechanism with pulleys and chains that were connected to a lever by his chair.
goering would spin the most fantastical tale of his exploits and then say "and... if any of what i have just told you all is a lie, then may god crack the beam above my head!" and then he'd pull the lever and the beam would break and come down an inch above his head. his audience would be stunned into silence/shock and then goering would pause and then break out into huge laughter at their reaction.
bit of a t**t really but, nazis eh?
Posted By: Tombs on November 18th 2025 at 13:29:32
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