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Getting Away with Murder(s)

99% of those who carried out the murders in the Holocaust were never prosecuted. Why not?

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David Wilkinson

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Guerilla Films

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And then they came back to Auschwitz and
did the same thing again. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

And then they came back to Auschwitz and did the same thing ...

In 1944, at the height of
Auschwitz-birkenau's mass murders, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

In 1944, at the height of Auschwitz-birkenau's mass mur...

One, of the new arrivals at
the death camp. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

One, of the new arrivals at the death camp.

The other, of the holiday camp
for officers, guards, administrators - Getting Away with Murder(s)

The other, of the holiday camp for officers, guards, adminis...

In one album, most of the people
photographed would be murdered. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

In one album, most of the people photographed would be murde...

In the other album,
most of the people photographed - Getting Away with Murder(s)

In the other album, most of the people photographed

By may 1944, they were killing up to
10,000 people a day. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

By may 1944, they were killing up to 10,000 people a day.

The Nazis murdered 1.1 million men, women
and children in the Auschwitz complex. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

The Nazis murdered 1.1 million men, women and children in th...

Approximately 7,000 of the butchers
responsible, mainly ss, survived the war, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

Approximately 7,000 of the butchers responsible, mainly ss, ...

Joseph Mengele, arguably the world's most
wanted Nazi war criminal, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

Joseph Mengele, arguably the world's most wanted Nazi w...

One of his many horrific experiments
was injecting eyeballs with a dye - Getting Away with Murder(s)

One of his many horrific experiments was injecting eyeballs ...

This memorial in Mengele's hometown reads - Getting Away with Murder(s)

This memorial in Mengele's hometown reads

One should not and must not
let history rest, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

One should not and must not let history rest,

Josef Mengele, 'the angel of death',
was born and grew up here, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

Josef Mengele, 'the angel of death', was born and ...

And in 1956,
when he was living in Argentina, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

And in 1956, when he was living in Argentina,

And from that, he was able to obtain
an Argentinean passport - Getting Away with Murder(s)

And from that, he was able to obtain an Argentinean passport

And then, allegedly, later that year, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

And then, allegedly, later that year,

And from there, sneaked back here
to giinsburg - Getting Away with Murder(s)

And from there, sneaked back here to giinsburg

And then, in 1959, when his father died, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

And then, in 1959, when his father died,

All except the police,
and even more extraordinarily, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

All except the police, and even more extraordinarily,

Mengele avoided extradition requests by
the west German government - Getting Away with Murder(s)

Mengele avoided extradition requests by the west German gove...

In 1979, he died, aged 67, after suffering
a stroke while swimming in Brazil. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

In 1979, he died, aged 67, after suffering a stroke while sw...

His skeleton is stored at the s50 paolo
institute for forensic medicine, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

His skeleton is stored at the s50 paolo institute for forens...

Six million Jews were murdered in
the holocaust. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

Six million Jews were murdered in the holocaust.

It's hard to comprehend what six million
people actually looks like. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

It's hard to comprehend what six million people actuall...

I can only try to compare it to my
own understanding. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

I can only try to compare it to my own understanding.

I come from Yorkshire,
which is the UK's largest county. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

I come from Yorkshire, which is the UK's largest county...

It takes two hours to drive,
north to south, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

It takes two hours to drive, north to south,

There are over 1,100 cities, towns,
villages and hamlets. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

There are over 1,100 cities, towns, villages and hamlets.

Some, like adjoining cities Leeds and
Bradford, have 1.4 million living there. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

Some, like adjoining cities Leeds and Bradford, have 1.4 mil...

Sheffield has 600,000 inhabitants. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

Sheffield has 600,000 inhabitants.

In total, the population of Yorkshire is
currently 5.4 million people. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

In total, the population of Yorkshire is currently 5.4 milli...

If the Nazis had exterminated the entire
population of Yorkshire, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

If the Nazis had exterminated the entire population of Yorks...

There are 6 million people living in
the us state of Maryland. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

There are 6 million people living in the us state of Marylan...

If they'd all be massacred by the Nazis, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

If they'd all be massacred by the Nazis,

What would the world have done - Getting Away with Murder(s)

What would the world have done

At school, in the 19603,
just 35 miles from here, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

At school, in the 19603, just 35 miles from here,

On the 16th of march 1190, following many
weeks of anti-semitic riots, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

On the 16th of march 1190, following many weeks of anti-semi...

Had more Jews lived here,
they too would have been massacred. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

Had more Jews lived here, they too would have been massacred...

Regardless of the actual numbers involved,
that was mass extermination. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

Regardless of the actual numbers involved, that was mass ext...

In 1290, Edward the first expelled
all Jews from his kingdom. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

In 1290, Edward the first expelled all Jews from his kingdom...

And Jews were only permitted to
return 367 years later, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

And Jews were only permitted to return 367 years later,

In the last 2,000 years,
at one time or another, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

In the last 2,000 years, at one time or another,

The government sent a few of us
congressmen over to see those camps. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

The government sent a few of us congressmen over to see thos...

And, if there's anybody left who wonders
if this war was worth fighting, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

And, if there's anybody left who wonders if this war wa...

Fascism and what it's bound to lead
to wherever it crops up. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

Fascism and what it's bound to lead to wherever it crop...

In Germany, it led to over 400 camps
like the ones I saw. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

In Germany, it led to over 400 camps like the ones I saw.

The shock of seeing can never
be taken away. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

The shock of seeing can never be taken away.

But it is a fact that,
publicly and officially, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

But it is a fact that, publicly and officially,

And the exiled refugee governments
in London - Getting Away with Murder(s)

And the exiled refugee governments in London

And the Soviet authorities
had been publishing - Getting Away with Murder(s)

And the Soviet authorities had been publishing

This allied statement about
the extermination of the Jews - Getting Away with Murder(s)

This allied statement about the extermination of the Jews

And there was a memorial,
a moment when parliament stood in silence, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

And there was a memorial, a moment when parliament stood in ...

It was a ceremonial moment. And this was
broadcast in some 20 languages on the BBC. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

It was a ceremonial moment. And this was broadcast in some 2...

"I regret to have to inform the house - Getting Away with Murder(s)

"I regret to have to inform the house

German authorities, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

German authorities,

From all the occupied countries,
Jews are being transported in conditions - Getting Away with Murder(s)

From all the occupied countries, Jews are being transported ...

The infirm are left to die of
exposure and starvation - Getting Away with Murder(s)

The infirm are left to die of exposure and starvation

The number of victims of these
bloody cruelties - Getting Away with Murder(s)

The number of victims of these bloody cruelties

Just months after he made
that historic statement, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

Just months after he made that historic statement,

Many of those Jews ended up instead in
the treblinka extermination camp. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

Many of those Jews ended up instead in the treblinka extermi...

The United Nations war crimes commission - Getting Away with Murder(s)

The United Nations war crimes commission

And then, just after the Nazi surrender, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

And then, just after the Nazi surrender,

And this agreement, this charter, then,
was the legal document - Getting Away with Murder(s)

And this agreement, this charter, then, was the legal docume...

Johann Robert riss was a wehrmacht
sergeant involved in the massacre - Getting Away with Murder(s)

Johann Robert riss was a wehrmacht sergeant involved in the ...

Living in Bavaria after the war, in 2011,
he was sentenced in absentia - Getting Away with Murder(s)

Living in Bavaria after the war, in 2011, he was sentenced i...

Germany declined to extradite him. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

Germany declined to extradite him.

To date, he appears to be at Liberty
and unpunished. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

To date, he appears to be at Liberty and unpunished.

Churchill, Roosevelt and, after him,
Truman were all very supportive of trials. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

Churchill, Roosevelt and, after him, Truman were all very su...

However, within governments,
there was a certain amount of hostility. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

However, within governments, there was a certain amount of h...

And we know from records that have been
subsequently unearthed and published - Getting Away with Murder(s)

And we know from records that have been subsequently unearth...

Others said it would be counterproductive - Getting Away with Murder(s)

Others said it would be counterproductive

And in the us,
the objections were slightly different. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

And in the us, the objections were slightly different.

But there was certainly a pattern
among a number of senior people - Getting Away with Murder(s)

But there was certainly a pattern among a number of senior p...

Henry stimson managed the war effort for
Franklin Roosevelt as secretary of war. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

Henry stimson managed the war effort for Franklin Roosevelt ...

His own history on war crimes goes
back decades before - Getting Away with Murder(s)

His own history on war crimes goes back decades before

So, he was very keen on prosecuting
the Nazis for crimes of aggression. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

So, he was very keen on prosecuting the Nazis for crimes of ...

But he was also, in another way, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

But he was also, in another way,

And this sense, that you had to preserve
state sovereignty - Getting Away with Murder(s)

And this sense, that you had to preserve state sovereignty

On the other hand, you had ambassador
pell, who is a real hero of these issues. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

On the other hand, you had ambassador pell, who is a real he...

He went public back in Washington and
created a huge fuss - Getting Away with Murder(s)

He went public back in Washington and created a huge fuss

And when pell headed off to Europe,
he penned a note to a friend, saying, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

And when pell headed off to Europe, he penned a note to a fr...

And he says explicitly, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

And he says explicitly,

A very telling point,
to be written in 1943, I think. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

A very telling point, to be written in 1943, I think.

As well as nuremberg,
there seemed to be so many other trials - Getting Away with Murder(s)

As well as nuremberg, there seemed to be so many other trial...

But an estimation of the immense number
of perpetrators - Getting Away with Murder(s)

But an estimation of the immense number of perpetrators

People hold up nuremberg as a shining
light of justice, quite rightly. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

People hold up nuremberg as a shining light of justice, quit...

On the other hand, you get arguments -
'oh, well, let's be pragmatic. - Getting Away with Murder(s)

On the other hand, you get arguments - 'oh, well, let&#...

It's too difficult. It's too costly.
These people might become our friends.' - Getting Away with Murder(s)

It's too difficult. It's too costly. These people ...

On Thursday, the 18th of October 1945
in Berlin, - Getting Away with Murder(s)

On Thursday, the 18th of October 1945 in Berlin,

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99% of those who carried out the murders in the Holocaust were never prosecuted. Why not?

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Director: David Wilkinson

Writer: Emlyn Price, David Wilkinson

Production: Guerilla Films

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 8.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 27 Jan 2023

Awards: 2 nominations

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