Stealing the Fire

An investigation into the 60-year history of a German multinational corporation that directly profited from the Holocaust, and in recent decades became a leading supplier of nuclear weapons technology to developing nations.

In 1996, the German nuclear engineer Karl-Heinz Schaab was accused of selling secret information to Iraq. John S. Friedman (Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie) and Eric Nadler (Frontline) investigate the 60-year history of a German multinational corporation that directly profited from the Holocaust and in recent decades became a leading supplier of nuclear weapons technology to developing nations, including Iraq and Pakistan.