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Stealing the Fire

Directed by: John Friedman, Eric Nadler
Runtime: 1hr 37min Year: 2001

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Directed by: John Friedman, Eric Nadler
Runtime: 1hr 37min Year: 2001
Country: United States
Last Screened: Sun 2nd Mar 2003

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.