Munich - The Peace of Paper (1988). Documentary on the 1938 Munich agreement with Robert Kee.

New York Times review: The 1938 Munich Agreement, by which Britain and France gave Hitler the go-ahead to take over the Sudetenland, stands as one of the more shameful episodes leading to World War II. Nothing in ’’The Peace of Paper’’ is designed to change that estimate, but it helps us to understand the play of forces behind what is called here ’’a symbol of diplomatic naivete and military weakness.’’ The sober narrative of Robert Kee, dramatic newsreel footage and the recollections of Czechoslovaks, Britons, Germans and others capture the tragic dimensions of Munich. The intelligent and moving 90-minute documentary will be shown tonight at 9 on Channel 13. ’’The Peace of Paper’’ begins with the Versailles Treaty, which created Czechoslovakia out of remnants of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Among the numerous ethnic minorities in the new republic were more than three million Germans, living in the Sudetenland and ready to serve as a wedge for H