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Two Nice Jewish Boys

#258 - When Hollywood Tried To Whitewash Hitler's Top Nazi (Guest: Vanessa Lapa)

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

Society & Culture

1.7804 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In 2014, Vanessa Lapa had just released her new documentary film, ‘The Decent One’, about the lost diaries of SS commander Heinrich Himmler. Diaries which miraculously landed in her hands. The film was a huge international success. And after years and years of thorough research, archive deep dives and a life that revolved around Himler - Lapa thought it was probably time to move on and put the Nazis where they belong - on the shelves of history. But fate had other plans for her. During one of the screenings of ‘The Decent One’ in New York, an old Jew approached Lapa with an extraordinary offer which eventually led to her next documentary “Speer Goes to Hollywood.” Just when she thought she was out - they pulled her back in. Albert Speer was one of the closest men to Hitler, his minsiter of Arms and the mastermind architect behind Nazi grand-architecture. Now, ‘Speer Goes To Hollywood’ is premiering worldwide, and we have the great privilege of hosting Vanessa Lapa on the podcast tonight. NYC screening: October 29th L.A screening: November 5th More info: http://speergoestohollywood.com/

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0:00.0

This is Aiton Weinstein.

0:01.7

And I'm Naor Menninger, and you're listening to Two Nice Jewish Boys.

0:12.2

In collaboration with Australian Jewish News, check them out at AJN.com.

0:19.7

Also in collaboration with Arutsheva, IsraelNationalNews.com.

0:44.4

In 2014, Vanessa Lapa had just released her new documentary film, The Decent One,

0:48.5

about the lost diaries of SS Commander Heinrich Himmler,

0:51.8

diaries which miraculously landed in her hands. The film was a huge international success,

0:55.3

and after years and years of thorough research,

0:58.5

archived deep dives and a life that revolved around Himmler,

1:02.8

Lapa thought it was probably time to move on

1:05.2

and put the Nazis where they belong,

1:07.3

on the shelves of history.

1:09.6

But fate had other plans for her. During one of the screenings

1:13.3

of the decent one in New York, an old Jew approached Lapa with an extraordinary offer, which

1:20.7

eventually led to her new documentary. Speer goes to Hollywood. Just when she thought she was out, they pulled her back in.

1:29.7

Albert Speer was one of the closest men to Hitler, his minister of arms and the mastermind

1:35.1

architect behind Nazi grand architecture. Speer goes to Hollywood is premiering worldwide.

1:42.5

In New York, it'll be in theaters on October 29th in the Film Forum. In

1:47.5

LA on November 5th, the film won best director in the Jerusalem Film Fest. Highly, highly

1:54.9

recommended. Noor and I both watched it. It's a great film. And we have the great privilege today

2:00.0

of hosting Vanessa Lapa on the

2:02.0

podcast. Thank you so much for joining us. How are you? Thank you for having me. So we'll start,

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