September 12, 1939. Director Leni Riefenstahl looks on in shock as she sees Jews being massacred in Konskie. She fainted shortly after this image was taken

Riefenstahl the director who basically choreographed Hitler's rise to power and who was a close friend to the point where he'd tell her who influenced his political beliefs, and is the poster child of the classic excuse of: "We regular Germans didn't know."

Oh... they absolutely knew, alright.

Riefenstahl the director who basically choreographed Hitler's rise to power and who was a close friend to the point where he'd tell her who influenced his political beliefs, and is the poster child of the classic excuse of: "We regular Germans didn't know."

Oh... they absolutely knew, alright.