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The Accountant of Auschwitz

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.

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Matthew Shoychet

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Good Soup Productions,TLNT Productions,Aqute Media

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7 wins & 5 nominations

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- The main camp of
Auschwitz was like a small town, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- The main camp of Auschwitz was like a small town,

(cheery song in German) - The Accountant of Auschwitz

(cheery song in German)

It was all fun
and entertainment, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

It was all fun and entertainment,

The special situation
at Auschwitz - The Accountant of Auschwitz

The special situation at Auschwitz

We were convinced
by our world view - The Accountant of Auschwitz

We were convinced by our world view

- But surely
when it comes - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- But surely when it comes

- The children, they're not
the enemy at the moment. - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- The children, they're not the enemy at the moment.

The enemy is the blood
inside them. - The Accountant of Auschwitz

The enemy is the blood inside them.

- A former guard
at the notorious - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- A former guard at the notorious

Oskar Gröning is charged - The Accountant of Auschwitz

Oskar Gröning is charged

(sorrowful music) - The Accountant of Auschwitz

(sorrowful music)

- My children grew up
knowing our family had a secret, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- My children grew up knowing our family had a secret,

- Try to imagine
that tomorrow - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- Try to imagine that tomorrow

And eventually it's over
and you live. - The Accountant of Auschwitz

And eventually it's over and you live.

And then you find out
you're alone. - The Accountant of Auschwitz

And then you find out you're alone.

Is it over, ever? - The Accountant of Auschwitz

Is it over, ever?

- I first heard
about Oskar Gröning - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- I first heard about Oskar Gröning

I felt that, "What have I got - The Accountant of Auschwitz

I felt that, "What have I got

I certainly didn't know him." - The Accountant of Auschwitz

I certainly didn't know him."

You know, first of all,
I had to decide - The Accountant of Auschwitz

You know, first of all, I had to decide

- The first time I've heard
of Oskar Gröning - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- The first time I've heard of Oskar Gröning

Why would I go
and put myself through - The Accountant of Auschwitz

Why would I go and put myself through

He said, "It's not only - The Accountant of Auschwitz

He said, "It's not only

If you take part in killing
as a 20-year-old man, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

If you take part in killing as a 20-year-old man,

- Look, for a long time, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- Look, for a long time,

This trial is a defining moment - The Accountant of Auschwitz

This trial is a defining moment

The fact
that so many Nazi perpetrats - The Accountant of Auschwitz

The fact that so many Nazi perpetrats

You got your occasional murder
and you got - The Accountant of Auschwitz

You got your occasional murder and you got

Lüneburg had never experienced
anything like it - The Accountant of Auschwitz

Lüneburg had never experienced anything like it

The trial took place in Lüneburg - The Accountant of Auschwitz

The trial took place in Lüneburg

***
-
When I was a child, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

*** - When I was a child,

At school, we didn't hear - The Accountant of Auschwitz

At school, we didn't hear

I had to learn - The Accountant of Auschwitz

Some liked to talk
about the war, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

Some liked to talk about the war,

And that was really hard for us
to understand: - The Accountant of Auschwitz

And that was really hard for us to understand:

Both of my parents
supported the Nazis. - The Accountant of Auschwitz

Both of my parents supported the Nazis.

My mother just followed
her husband. - The Accountant of Auschwitz

My mother just followed her husband.

My father was a Nazi - The Accountant of Auschwitz

My father was a Nazi

He died '53 -
he committed suicide. - The Accountant of Auschwitz

He died '53 - he committed suicide.

He was still stuck - The Accountant of Auschwitz

He was still stuck

We have old fascists
and new fascists of today. - The Accountant of Auschwitz

We have old fascists and new fascists of today.

One organization that helped
in the Gröning trial - The Accountant of Auschwitz

One organization that helped in the Gröning trial

As the title says, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

As the title says,

And it happened 70 years ago
in our country, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

And it happened 70 years ago in our country,

(indistinct talking
and shouting) - The Accountant of Auschwitz

(indistinct talking and shouting)

So the lawyer
Thomas Walther called - The Accountant of Auschwitz

So the lawyer Thomas Walther called

- I'm an Anti-Fascist. It's, uh, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- I'm an Anti-Fascist. It's, uh,

And we have a lot of racism
here in Germany - The Accountant of Auschwitz

And we have a lot of racism here in Germany

- What may be one of the last
big Holocaust trials opened
today in Germany. - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- What may be one of the last big Holocaust trials opened to...

- Under a new legal theory
that death camp workers - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- Under a new legal theory that death camp workers

- The man being charged
admits he was at Auschwitz - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- The man being charged admits he was at Auschwitz

This court will now decide
whether the so-called - The Accountant of Auschwitz

This court will now decide whether the so-called

(people chanting and shouting
in German) - The Accountant of Auschwitz

(people chanting and shouting in German)

Our friends put up the banner - The Accountant of Auschwitz

Our friends put up the banner

The survivors
and their relatives - The Accountant of Auschwitz

The survivors and their relatives

And that was important for us, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

And that was important for us,

- The first day,
it was a frenzy, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- The first day, it was a frenzy,

Everyone everywhere in Europe,
all the major cities. - The Accountant of Auschwitz

Everyone everywhere in Europe, all the major cities.

- We started being mobbed, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- We started being mobbed,

***
-
There's a lot of merits - The Accountant of Auschwitz

*** - There's a lot of merits

- "The survivor of Auschwitz," - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- "The survivor of Auschwitz,"

And that was in itself - The Accountant of Auschwitz

And that was in itself

At the time, I was good friends - The Accountant of Auschwitz

At the time, I was good friends

- I'm the grandson
of Rudolf Höss, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- I'm the grandson of Rudolf Höss,

He was responsible
for 1.1 to 1.3 million killings - The Accountant of Auschwitz

He was responsible for 1.1 to 1.3 million killings

Hate is a powerful weapon,
and it was - The Accountant of Auschwitz

Hate is a powerful weapon, and it was

The Gröning trial, it is
important for our growing youth. - The Accountant of Auschwitz

The Gröning trial, it is important for our growing youth.

In the past, we only had
the voices of the survivors, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

In the past, we only had the voices of the survivors,

But nobody really listened
to the perpetrators. - The Accountant of Auschwitz

But nobody really listened to the perpetrators.

(cameras clicking) - The Accountant of Auschwitz

(cameras clicking)

- We were sitting in one section
of the courtroom - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- We were sitting in one section of the courtroom

The whole thing was
a surreal type of experience. - The Accountant of Auschwitz

The whole thing was a surreal type of experience.

- I did feel sympathy for him. - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- I did feel sympathy for him.

He looked
like a pitiful old man. - The Accountant of Auschwitz

He looked like a pitiful old man.

But that all changed
the moment he sat down, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

But that all changed the moment he sat down,

(cameras clicking) - The Accountant of Auschwitz

(cameras clicking)

- The trial made big headlines
because Oskar Gröning - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- The trial made big headlines because Oskar Gröning

Most of them tell some lies, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

Most of them tell some lies,

He told the truth
about his time, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

He told the truth about his time,

- He basically admitted - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- He basically admitted

He would skim through
the luggage for valuables. - The Accountant of Auschwitz

He would skim through the luggage for valuables.

He was one of the very few
Nazi perpetrators that admitted - The Accountant of Auschwitz

He was one of the very few Nazi perpetrators that admitted

So in the consequence, everyone
working there knew people - The Accountant of Auschwitz

So in the consequence, everyone working there knew people

- I think he's a symbol, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- I think he's a symbol,

Had he lived
at a time or at an age - The Accountant of Auschwitz

Had he lived at a time or at an age

The real issue
is what did Germany do, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

The real issue is what did Germany do,

And what it did after the war
is disgraceful. - The Accountant of Auschwitz

And what it did after the war is disgraceful.

- Here. "Do not bend." - The Accountant of Auschwitz

- Here. "Do not bend."

I landed on the beaches
of Normandy. - The Accountant of Auschwitz

I landed on the beaches of Normandy.

We pursued the Germans
back across France, - The Accountant of Auschwitz

We pursued the Germans back across France,

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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.

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Director: Matthew Shoychet

Writer: Ricki Gurwitz

Production: Good Soup Productions,TLNT Productions,Aqute Media

Genre: documentary

Year: 2018

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 03 Dec 2019

Awards: 7 wins & 5 nominations

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