These films deal with the Holocaust in Europe, comprising both documentaries and narratives.
They began to be produced in the early 1940s before the extent of the Holocaust at that time was widely recognized.
[17][18] Was criticized for tendentious editing making Eichmann appear in a more positive light and especially making prosecutor Gideon Hausner appear to display rude and unfair behavior in court, by Stewart Tryster, director of the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, in his 2005 documentary Editing the Truth Away: The Eichmann Trial and The Specialist .
[19][20] Released on French VHS and DVD under its original title, on NTSC VHS as Adolf Eichmann: The Specialist, on Region 1 DVD as The Specialist: Portrait of a Modern Criminal, and on German VHS as Ein Spezialist.
Brazil English title: Annihilation - The Destruction of Europe's Jews Germany