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After the Second World War, the German system didn't fail
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The Accountant of Auschwitz

After the Second World War,the German system didn't fail to prosecute Nazi war criminals;...

After the Second World War,
the German system didn't fail to prosecute Nazi war criminals; it deliberately decided
not to prosecute them because many of the judges
were Nazi war criminals

Full Transcript

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- After the Second World War, the German system didn't fail
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to prosecute Nazi war criminals;
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it deliberately decided not to prosecute them
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because many of the judges were Nazi war criminals.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:15
Uploaded
Jun 23, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Good Soup Productions,TLNT Productions,Aqute Media

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Movie Summary

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.
There is evidence that a very high percentage - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:11
There is evidence that a very high percentage
Uh, I don't say former Nazis, - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:11
Uh, I don't say former Nazis,
And they are the ones who are - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:06
And they are the ones who are
- They were sitting in judgement of themselves. - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:04
- They were sitting in judgement of themselves.
And obviously, the result was terrible, terrible injustice. - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:04
And obviously, the result was terrible, terrible injustice.
So it's a terrible, terrible record - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:05
So it's a terrible, terrible record
The vast majority of Germans find these trials - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:22
The vast majority of Germans find these trials
And this is where, for me, these trials are such a disaster. - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:05
And this is where, for me, these trials are such a disaster.
- Every country, just about, - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:10
- Every country, just about,
That's true in the United States still, I would say, - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:08
That's true in the United States still, I would say,
It was certainly true in Germany - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:09
It was certainly true in Germany
Imagine a population - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:12
Imagine a population
Later on, in ensuing decades, - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:07
Later on, in ensuing decades,
It was very difficult for the German public - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:17
It was very difficult for the German public
The Germans between 1947 - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:09
The Germans between 1947
Of those, they bring about 6,200 to trial. - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:05
Of those, they bring about 6,200 to trial.
Of that, the convictions - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:07
Of that, the convictions
124 life sentences of over 6,000 people tried. - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:05
124 life sentences of over 6,000 people tried.
- I still have nightmares about - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:16
- I still have nightmares about
That's the legacy of the Holocaust in Germany, - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:07
That's the legacy of the Holocaust in Germany,