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The Accountant of Auschwitz

It's difficult to saywhat good can be done by punishing someone for a crimethey committed...

It's difficult to say
what good can be done by punishing someone for a crime
they committed 70 years ago

Full Transcript

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- It's difficult to say what good can be done
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by punishing someone for a crime they committed 70 years ago.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:41
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 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.
- 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