[ifinnegan]

“It is, perhaps, the greatest documentary never made.”

Perhaps?

Why use weasel words?

That kidding aside, this does sound amazing and important.

There are a number of good documentaries that have been made that use Nazi footage and other footage. The Nazi’s documented their atrocities quite well.

These sort of historical documentaries are important.

I really dislike tepid melodramas like Schindler’s List exploiting such horrors.

[rey]

Wow. A whole new terror to the shower scene.

[fella]

Memory of the Camps

[EveningStar]

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[hanamizu]

I showed this film to my 8th grade students for many years. I told them I was going to take them to Hell. It is very graphic, and nearly all of students were shaken by the experience—yet I never had a complaint by either parents or administrators. I showed it to them because I knew they would live most of their lives after the survivors had died and the deniers would have no one with first-hand knowledge to refute them.

The first camp featured is Bergen-Belsen. Anne Frank is believed to died about a month before liberation. Since they were reading a play based on her diary in English class, I was able to give them an idea of her last views of this world.

It is unfinished, with fairly long gaps in the narration. Worth seeing.

[Guenevere]

I’ve been waiting for this to come out......Jan. 24

[Jacquerie]

I won’t watch it. My first TV memory is the Adolph Eichmann trial when I was seven years old. I’m certain my parents didn’t know beforehand the images and film footage of the camps would be shown.

[GOPJ]

...Hitchcock served as a “director’s advisor,” supervising the way the footage was edited. He demanded that the documentary emphasized long shoots and frequent pans, so that people wouldn’t question its authenticity. He was also blown away by the stark contrast between the quotidian (the lives of Germans living near the camps) and the ghastly (the nightmare within), and requested that the film use maps to highlight their proximity, driving home the message that these German citizens knew exactly what was going on.

Not only did 'these German citizens' know - they had friends and relatives in other citites... they ALL knew. Freaky little monsters...

[Nailbiter]

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[AllAmericanGirl44]

bkmk

[newnhdad]

I can tell everyone what happened and I don’t need to watch a movie.
A charismatic socialist leader with his own logo who had followers that looked up to him as a deity led the mind numbed disparate groups into blaming all their ills on another group that didn’t take the leader seriously. He took control of the media and put out false stories that were not questioned and even promoted by a once skeptical media out of fear. He seized the banks and forced companies into working toward his end by allowing their leaders to keep some profits all the while railing against profit and companies. He purged the military leadership replacing them with people totally devoted to him and his causes of socialism.

The people became wary of said leader but didn’t want to stand-up out of fear which allowed him to carry out his final solution to society’s ills which he felt would cement his legacy in world history.

sounding familiar yet?

The only difference is that the current leader with his own logo has not advocated for the death of the opposition group in public.