Leni Riefenstahl was an amazing woman who lived an amazing life. Few would argue that her artistic beginnings paved the way for such a talented performer, actress, film-maker and photographer. However, her career has been tainted somewhat with controversy: consistently and unfairly associated with the evils of Hitler and the Nazi Party.
Leni Riefenstahl was not a Nazi, nor did she deserve such a label and interrogation as a "nazi-sympathiser" in the form of de-nazification after the war. It is an issue that is often discussed in many sources.
"No words of anti-Semitism ever passed my lips, nor did I write any. I was never anti-Semitic and never joined the Nazi Party. So what am I guilty of, tell me that?" - Leni Riefenstahl.
Her job was to make films for Hitler, which she did successfully, but were her films documentaries, Nazi propaganda, or something else?
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