Once Germany’s boxing champion, Johann “Rukeli” Trollmann lost more than his title under Nazi persecution. Denied recognition, forced into humiliating fights, and ultimately killed in a concentration camp, his story is both heartbreaking and heroic. This documentary follows Trollmann’s rise, his ...

Estella Blits, born Estella Agsteribbe, was an Olympic gold medalist and one of the brightest stars of the 1928 Amsterdam Games. As part of the Dutch women’s gymnastics team, she helped secure gold and became a symbol of discipline, strength, and national pride.

When Nazi Germany occupied the Ne...

On 1 August 1936, the Olympic Games open in Berlin as a global showcase for Adolf Hitler and his regime. Among the athletes elevated by Nazi propaganda is Hans Woellke, who wins gold in the shot put and becomes the first German Olympic champion in men’s athletics.

Celebrated as a symbol of stren...

In 1930, he captained France at the first FIFA World Cup — a national football hero at the height of his fame.

After the German invasion of 1940, Alexandre Villaplane chose collaboration. He joined the French Gestapo and later became an SS-Untersturmführer commanding a section of the Brigade Nor...

Early May 1940. Nazi Germany invades Western Europe, and France soon falls under occupation. To enforce their rule, the Germans rely on local collaborators.

Among them is a woman once celebrated as one of France’s greatest athletes.

Born in Paris in 1893, Violette Morris was a multi-sport champ...