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The Accountant of Auschwitz

If I committed an illegal actwhere there was no statute of limitations, as is the casewith...

If I committed an illegal act
where there was no statute of limitations, as is the case
with crimes against humanity, you go to jail

Full Transcript

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If I committed an illegal act where there was no statute
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of limitations, as is the case with crimes against humanity,
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you go to jail.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:54
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.
And they have to know that the criminal - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:09
And they have to know that the criminal
- How did it happen that here he was - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:11
- How did it happen that here he was
- All this is happening because it's doable now. - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:04
- All this is happening because it's doable now.
40 years ago, 50 years ago, it was very far from doable. - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:05
40 years ago, 50 years ago, it was very far from doable.
- For many, many years, the German judicial system - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:11
- For many, many years, the German judicial system
- They had to prove that the suspect - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:13
- They had to prove that the suspect
- If you couldn't prove that someone had engaged - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:09
- If you couldn't prove that someone had engaged
Which is one of the reasons why many, many, many guards - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:18
Which is one of the reasons why many, many, many guards
That changed pretty dramatically - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:06
That changed pretty dramatically
- Because of the Demjanjuk case, - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:10
- Because of the Demjanjuk case,
- John Demjanjuk, originally Ivan Demjanjuk, - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:09
- John Demjanjuk, originally Ivan Demjanjuk,
(camera clicking) - Interestingly, - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:25
(camera clicking) - Interestingly,
One normally thinks of there having been - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:09
One normally thinks of there having been
That is places that existed solely to murder people. - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:05
That is places that existed solely to murder people.
Those would be Majdanek, - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:11
Those would be Majdanek,
Unfortunately, the people processing visa applications - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:11
Unfortunately, the people processing visa applications
And Demjanjuk received his visa. - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:04
And Demjanjuk received his visa.
He put together, kind of, a perfectly respectable - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:07
He put together, kind of, a perfectly respectable
(clamouring) - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:08
(clamouring)
And this started an investigation which really turned into - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:11
And this started an investigation which really turned into