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The Unknown Soldier
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The Unknown Soldier

Sep 21, 2006
1h 37m
★ 7.0

Damning Documentary Indicts German Civilians in Slaughter of Jews during WWII

Overview

In the wake of World War II, most Germans have been raised with the mistaken belief that the Holocaust had been planned and executed by just a tiny minority of Nazis, namely, the Gestapo and the SS. The sad truth, however, is that Hitler's philosophy of ethnic cleansing, as the Fuhrer so brazenly espoused in his frightening manifesto, "Mein Kampf," had been enthusiastically embraced not only by the entire military but also by most of the civilian population. The long-suppressed proof of their widespread collaboration and participation was unveiled in The Wehrmacht Exhibition, a damning collection of photographs and film footage that toured Deutschland between 1999 and 2004. The show shook the country to its core because it forced folks to face up to the fact that it took much more than a madman and his henchmen to wipe out six million.

Genres

History
Documentary

Production Companies

Sentana Filmproduktion
BR
WDR
ARTE
Eikon Media

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Cast

Hannes Heer

Self

Hannes Heer

Jan Philipp Reemtsma

Self

Jan Philipp Reemtsma

Charlotte Knobloch

Self

Charlotte Knobloch

Ralph Giordano

Self

Ralph Giordano

Oskar Negt

Self

Oskar Negt

Klaus von Dohnanyi

Self

Klaus von Dohnanyi

Christian Ude

Self

Christian Ude

Hans-Jochen Vogel

Self

Hans-Jochen Vogel

Klaus Wowereit

Self

Klaus Wowereit

Petra Pau

Self

Petra Pau

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