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Leni Riefenstahl (Collaborator)  Leni was a famous German dancer, and actress who was born in Berlin on August 22, 1902 and died on September 8, 2003, a few weeks after her 101st birthday. She had a personal friendship with Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels. In 1933 Hitler asked Leni to film //Der Sieg des Glaubens //(The Victory of Faith) this was a propaganda film filmed at the 1934 Nuremberg Nazi Party Rally. This movie made everyone excited and they all wanted to join the Nazi party. She also filmed the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936. In 1938 she filmed Hitler’s victory parade in Warsaw, in Poland. The impact that Leni left was strong because she helped the Nazis in such a huge way. But she also denied it. She said her movies were art not political. Yet, they still caused many to join the Nazi party.   I feel that Leni Riefenstahl is a collaborator because she didn’t ever join the Nazis, but she did create movies benefiting them. She helped Hitler by filming the Nazi rallies and publishing the films. The movies made the people watching want to join the Nazis and got them excited about what was going to happen in the future. Also, the profits of her movies went to the Nazis.  Cited Sources: 
 * "Riefenstahl, Leni." __Encyclopedia__. Reproduced in __Issues & Controversies__. Facts On File News Services. 6 May 2009 . **
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