Hellstorm (film)
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| Directed by | Kyle Hunt |
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| Based on | Hellstorm by Thomas Goodrich |
| Produced by | Kyle Hunt |
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| Distributed by | Renegade |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hellstorm is a 2015 American neo-Nazi propaganda documentary film directed by American white nationalist Kyle Hunt. The film is based on the 2014 book Hellstorm: The Death Of Nazi Germany, 1944-1947 from author Thomas Goodrich, who co-wrote the film with Hunt. It aims to "expose" Allied war crimes committed against German noncombatants during World War II, albeit under a pro-Nazi Germany point of view which promotoes the antisemitic conspiracy theory that Jews victimized the Germans.[1][2]
Film content
[edit]The majority of the documentary covers the Allied bombings of Germany during World War II, most notable Hamburg, Dresden, and Swinemünde. The focus of this coverage is on the number of civilian casualties during the bombing raids. The film has been criticized by the SPLC for portraying Nazi Germany as the main victim of World War II.[1] It depicts Allied war crimes[3][4] and claims the Nazis had made Germany a happy and hopeful country.[3] The beginning of the film overviews the state of Germany post WWI and covers the economic state of Germany prior to WWII.
Other historical events covered in the documentary are the sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff, the killing of SS soldiers during the liberation of Dachau, and the designation of surrendered German soldiers as Disarmed Enemy Forces under General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Promotion
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The film has been promoted by United People of America (UPA), an organization associated with the right-wing extremist group Veterans on Patrol, on Instagram. The UPA claimed, "Europe lost tens of millions of her bravest and brightest in an insane fratricidal conflict. The Allies defeated Germany so that Jews could run our banks, media, governments, and corporations, brainwash our children to hate themselves, flood our lands with hostiles [sic] invaders, and enslave us as their 'goyim.'"[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Cruz, Freddy (December 2, 2021). "White Nationalists, Jan. 6 Protesters and QAnon: What You Need To Know About Border Vigilantes Along the Border". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
- ^ "Roger Pack". Canary Mission. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
- ^ a b Rundfunk, Bayerischer (January 28, 2020). "Verschwörungs-Sekte: Wir erlösen uns von dem Bösen" [Conspiracy Sect: We redeem ourselves from evil]. Bayerischer Rundfunk (in German).
- ^ Gill, Gerard (December 8, 2021). "Fascist cross-pollination of Australian conspiracist Telegram channels". First Monday. doi:10.5210/fm.v26i12.11830. ISSN 1396-0466.
In the QAnon channel, a poster opines that "The power of the mainstream media is waning ... People are instead finding alternative media sources ... Real people, not algorithms, are sharing documentaries like ... Hellstorm ...". These information sources are respectively ... depictions of Allied atrocities against Nazi Germany...
