The Gleiwitz Case backdrop

The Gleiwitz Case

Directed by Gerhard Klein

Starring Hannjo Hasse, Herwart Grosse

To justify their invasion of Poland at the start of WWII, Nazi high command hatches a secret plan: six Polish men from an SS training camp are sent on a special mission to the town of Gleiwitz, to fake a Polish raid on Germany. The ‘provoked’ Germans will thus launch a ‘counterattack’ on Poland.