The heart of Islam beats on the Arabian Peninsula. For there lies Mecca, the holy city of the Muslims. Almost 100 years ago, one of the peninsula's many clans founded a kingdom there: Saudi Arabia. The rule of the Al Saud is based on a pact that combined, and still combines, strict religious zeal with political calculation.

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Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former FBI/CIA ...
Documentary film with play scenes about the rise and fall of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republi...

Discover the untold stories of D-Day from the men, women and children who lived through German occup...

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The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz...

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