Talk:The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

Goering
At his IMT trial Goering was able to prove that his private art collection was bought at ordinary prices and through an art agent. Moreover, as Minister for the Arts, Goering had a duty to protect cultural artifacts during times of warfare, according to agreements made under International law. The Germans recorded the details of the art owners so that the artworks could be returned.

Certainly the Germans did not allow important artworks to be exported but neither did the other countries around them.

Through the magic of the media we have come to understand that the Germans were plunderers during the war but the truth is that Germany was the most plundered nation in history after WW1 and WW2. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.129.106.78 (talk) 20:48, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Poland
The leading female character in the film asked a German officer to return Poland to her. This is a deception.

The Poland to which she refers is that part of Germany, the 'Polish Corridor', that was given to Poland by a Versailles Treaty. It divided Germany into two sections. When the Poles arrives they ethnically-cleansed Germans from their new territory and killed 62,000 ethnic Germans. After Poland, with the world's largest army, invaded Czechoslovakia then Germany in 1939, Germany responded by recapturing its own land. The Allies declared war against Germany, not Poland, for commercial reasons. Note that the allies broke the conditions of the Versailles Treaties by not disarming. Only Germany disarmed itself and later discovered that the allies were insincere. Germany subsequently repudiated the unfair Versailles Treaties and re-armed itself.

The allies ignored the Soviet's capture of the remaining Poland which was formerly part of Russia. The German Kaiser helped Poland become independent from Russia after WW1, so that Poland would provide a buffer between Germany and Russia.

How would Britain have responded if it has lost WW1 and a 'Versailles Treaty' had given such a corridor (thousands of square kilometres, splitting Britain into halves) to Germany?

P.S. the mainstream media seems to have forgotten that in 1916 Germany offered peace on the best terms in history. Who opposed this offer? Who re-started the war? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.129.106.78 (talk) 21:08, 31 March 2018 (UTC)