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The Accountant of Auschwitz (2018) Online
2018 Jeff Ansell Hedy Bohm Hans-Jürgen Brennecke Matthew Shoychet
Original Title :
The Accountant of Auschwitz
Genre :
Movie / Documentary / History
Year :
2018
Directror :
Matthew Shoychet
Cast :
Jeff Ansell,Hedy Bohm,Hans-Jürgen Brennecke
Writer :
Ricki Gurwitz
Budget :
CAD 400,000
Type :
Movie
Time :
1h 18min
Rating :
8.1/10

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Seventy years after WWII, Oskar Gröning, one of the last surviving members of the SS, goes on trial as an accessory to the murder of 300,000 people at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

The Accountant of Auschwitz (2018) Online

Oskar Gröning was one of the last surviving members of the SS to be implicated in Nazi crimes against humanity. Becoming known as the "Accountant of Auschwitz," he was charged with the murder of 300,000 Jews after coming to wider attention for his appearance on the BBC documentary series Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution' (2005). When he took the stand in 2015, at the age of 94, his trial made headlines worldwide. The debate around his prosecution is at the center of this historic yet contemporary look at justice. As survivors travel to Germany to testify, the heinous acts of the Holocaust remain vivid and traumatic. For some, there is no room for debate: Gröning was witness and therefore complicit, regardless of his duty to follow orders. Others look at a frail man in the last years of his life and see no reason to pursue charges. Bringing war criminals to justice, with no statute of limitations, asks fundamental moral questions with few simple answers. From Nuremberg to ...
Credited cast:
Jeff Ansell Jeff Ansell - Himself
Hedy Bohm Hedy Bohm - Herself
Hans-Jürgen Brennecke Hans-Jürgen Brennecke - Himself
John Demjanjuk John Demjanjuk - Himself
Alan M. Dershowitz Alan M. Dershowitz - Himself
Lawrence Douglas Lawrence Douglas - Himself
Max Eisen Max Eisen - Himself
Kai Feldhaus Kai Feldhaus - Himself
Benjamin Ferencz Benjamin Ferencz - Himself
Bill Glied Bill Glied - Himself
Kirsten Goetze Kirsten Goetze - Herself
Oskar Gröning Oskar Gröning - Himself
Hans Holtermann Hans Holtermann - Himself
Rainer Höß Rainer Höß - Himself
Eva Mozes Kor Eva Mozes Kor - Herself


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Mall

Oskar Grönig was a member of the SS and a bookkeeper at the Aushwitz concentration camp during World War II. In 2014 (when he was ninety-three years old), he was tried in a German court for being an accessory to murder. The details of the trial and related histories are recounted in this Canadian documentary.

Director Matthew Shoychet and writer Ricki Gurwitz are clearly skilled as their film has all the elements of a great documentary including solid footage - some going back to the Holocaust itself, clever title devices that summarize history as they juxtapose the footage, and the inclusion of all sides of the debate. The debate, of course, is whether Grönig should be on trial due to his advanced age plus his past efforts to fight against the denial of the Holocaust in the 1990s.

Some of the post-Holocaust histories include German trials (in the 1950s and 1960s) of those who were directly involved in the murders as well as the trials in later decades of those, like Grönig, who were captured and tried as accessories.

Another praiseworthy element of the film is the many intelligent interviewees. They provide great insight on many discussions including various views on forgiveness (which follows a very surprising event during the trial) and how the phrase 'never again' has ended up as a sad failure considering the genocides that followed the Holocaust.

By the film's conclusion, it is evident that even though the Holocaust ended over seven decades ago, it remains a real-life drama that can still cause shivers and bring out the best as well as the worst in people. It has obviously brought out the best in the creators of "The Accountant of Auschwitz".
Manarius

Manarius

To have access to the trove of information, including much in the public domain from interviews and the trial of the 'Accountant' is a documentary film makers dream. But in this work, it is spoiled by scant regard for basic journalism and documentary makers 'Rule #1 - trust but verify' sources statements. That the subject was not even spoken to in the making of the film, nor statements included being second-source validated, was a real distortion, leaving the otherwise exceptionally interesting subject an Emperor with no clothes