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The Austrian courts were quite extraordinary. After 1955
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Getting Away with Murder(s)

The Austrian courts were quiteextraordinary. After 1955, they brought virtually no one to...

The Austrian courts were quite
extraordinary. After 1955, they brought virtually no one to trial.
They brought a couple of dozen cases in Austria, but it was getting
embarrassing because juries would acquit known murderers like Franz murer,
the 'butcher of Vilnius'

Full Transcript

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The Austrian courts were quite extraordinary. After 1955,
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they brought virtually no one to trial. They brought a couple of dozen
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cases in Austria, but it was getting embarrassing because juries would acquit
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known murderers like Franz murer, the 'butcher of Vilnius'.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
02:27:13
Uploaded
May 20, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Guerilla Films

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Movie Summary

99% of those who carried out the murders in the Holocaust were never prosecuted. Why not?
And because it was getting embarrassing that there were these acquittals - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:19
And because it was getting embarrassing that there were thes...
Certainly, in my country, there's the feeling that, for a long time, - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:11
Certainly, in my country, there's the feeling that, for...
Yeah, that's absolutely true. That's absolutely true. - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:05
Yeah, that's absolutely true. That's absolutely tr...
The Austrians were invited to have that narrative by the allies. - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:06
The Austrians were invited to have that narrative by the all...
The allies had their conference - the 3 allies in Moscow in late-1943. - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:08
The allies had their conference - the 3 allies in Moscow in ...
And there, they made some declarations about Nazi atrocities. About how to deal - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:21
And there, they made some declarations about Nazi atrocities...
But it says nothing about the role of the Austrians in the annexation process - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:30
But it says nothing about the role of the Austrians in the a...
And Austria declared herself as a victim. - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:05
And Austria declared herself as a victim.
This was very practical. They could hide behind the Germans. The Germans were - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:07
This was very practical. They could hide behind the Germans....
And the government held this official position. We are victims. - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:08
And the government held this official position. We are victi...
But in the beginning of 1937, the clandestine Nazi party in Austria - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:11
But in the beginning of 1937, the clandestine Nazi party in ...
Austria was a country of 6 million inhabitants at that time. - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:04
Austria was a country of 6 million inhabitants at that time.
But after the annexation of march 1938, tens of thousands wanted to join - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:19
But after the annexation of march 1938, tens of thousands wa...
And in addition to all that, you had the pogrom on the streets of Vienna. - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:06
And in addition to all that, you had the pogrom on the stree...
And this was not the Germans. It was the viennese anti-semites. - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:06
And this was not the Germans. It was the viennese anti-semit...
They felt now it's possible there will be impunity for that. - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:06
They felt now it's possible there will be impunity for ...
We could do that. We could beat and call their names - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:09
We could do that. We could beat and call their names
It started before the first German soldier arrived in Vienna. - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:05
It started before the first German soldier arrived in Vienna...
And it was not Hitler. It was the viennese themselves, - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:09
And it was not Hitler. It was the viennese themselves,
But yeah, it lasted really until the middle of the 19803, - Getting Away with Murder(s) 00:11
But yeah, it lasted really until the middle of the 19803,