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202258 minDocumentary, History

Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"

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Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust" Synopsis

Six million Jews died during World War II, both in the extermination camps and murdered by the mobile commandos of the Einsatzgruppen and police battalions, whose members shot men, women and children, day after day, obediently, as if it were a normal job, a fact that is hardly known today. Who were these men and how could they commit such crimes?

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Top Cast

Philipp Moog
Philipp MoogSelf - Narrator (voice)
Christopher R. Browning
Christopher R. BrowningSelf - Historian
Hilary Earl
Hilary EarlSelf - Historian
Stefan Klemp
Stefan KlempSelf - Historian
Stefan Kühl
Stefan KühlSelf - Sociologist
Harald Welzer
Harald WelzerSelf - Social Psychologist
Benjamin Ferencz
Benjamin FerenczSelf - Jurist
Markus Friedmann
Markus FriedmannReenactment Performer
Philine Conrad
Philine ConradReenactment Performer
Roman Boeer de Garcez
Roman Boeer de GarcezReenactment Performer

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Critic Reviews

BornKnightJan 4, 2024
★ 8

Interesting and sad documentary about the Einsatzgruppen (firing squads) of Germany's WWII, that was considered as a privileged group as they didn't had to go to the fronts, instead of the Wehrmacht (war forces). Seeing by a group of german psychologists and american lawyers, they didn't know at first what they would had to do in the future, and it wasn't an obligation - but those who recused were ostracized by the companions. An american lawyer, Benjamin Ferencz, was one of the wisest lawyers that I've seen he insisted on the Nuremberg Trials, and proved they albeight of the crime being committed they were common man, many of middle class education and professions that thought this was the best for the country as they were following orders and even the relate of one of the commanders that cried at the orders he had to give. Many soldiers had psychological problems after the first "task". given. Maybe one the phrases that marked me the most was "was them sadistic psychopath, for the crimes?" - "no, many weren't. I must ask the same about the man who dropped the hiroshima and nagasaki atomic bombs he was a sadistic psychopath", he concludes, "no" he was a man who thought he was doing the best for his country at the time. My thought about the matter is when it comes to innocent civilians lives that had no part in any armed conflict, as I for sure couldn't do that even if it costed my life. The documentary closes showing several and equally horrible genocides examples that occurs to modern days. The main problem isn't the man that shot in most of the cases, but the doctrine or politics behind it to teach that is part of the job.