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The Accountant of Auschwitz

It was very difficultfor the German public to accept the idea of large-scale...

It was very difficult
for the German public to accept the idea of large-scale prosecutions,
and I don't think there was great enthusiasm among
prosecutors either.
- I'd say in 1945, there were probably around
800,000 members of the SS

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It was very difficult for the German public
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to accept the idea
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of large-scale prosecutions, and I don't think there was
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great enthusiasm among prosecutors either. - I'd say in 1945,
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there were probably around 800,000 members of the SS.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:17
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.
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,
- I think that what's happening now is - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:15
- I think that what's happening now is
And I think coming to terms - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:06
And I think coming to terms
- It's difficult to say what good can be done - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:08
- It's difficult to say what good can be done
The further question that I think has to be raised, - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:15
The further question that I think has to be raised,
Everything about him - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:07
Everything about him
He had grown up in a family - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:25
He had grown up in a family
But how ridiculous is it that they're doing it now - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:06
But how ridiculous is it that they're doing it now
(phone ringing) - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:07
(phone ringing)
If I committed an illegal act, I could expect to go to jail. - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:04
If I committed an illegal act, I could expect to go to jail.
If I committed an illegal act where there was no statute - The Accountant of Auschwitz 00:09
If I committed an illegal act where there was no statute
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.