Verdict on Auschwitz
by Rolf Bickel;Dietrich Wagner
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Actor: Dr. Fritz Baueur, Edgar M. Boehlke, Herman Langbein, Joachim KuglerDirector: Rolf Bickel;Dietrich Wagner
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: German (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-04-17
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Movie Reviews of Verdict on Auschwitz
Movie Review: The Frankfurt-Auschwitz Trial 1963-65
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the only documentary produced on the Auschwitz trial and is unparalleled in its coverage of the trials of 22 former members of the SS charged with crimes against humanity. The Auschwitz trail first took place after the Adolf Eichmann trial that was held in Jerusalem. It was held in Frankfurt, Germany and 360 witnesses from 19 countries, including 211 Auschwitz survivors gave their testimonies [other witnesses included Social Democrats from germany who had also been imprisoned in camps during the war and had witnessed Nazi atrocities and others].
This is a compelling documentary in that it truly captures the horror that was Auschwitz. We get to listen to the searing and horrific testimonies by victims of Nazi atrocities, the cold testimonies by the defendants [most claimed to be innocent and only carrying out their duty to the Reich, and perhaps only one actually broke down whilst giving his testimony]. It gives us a look at the exhaustive process the German prosecutors had to go through to bring these criminals to court and really provides insight into the cool, mechanical manner in which mass murder was perpetrated against millions of innocents.
Through the victims' testimonies and the cold testimonies of the perpetrators, viewers get a picture of the killing center that was Auschwitz-Birkenau. Interspersed with the accounts are archival footage of Nazi rallies, photographs of deportations and transports, and reconstruction of the death camp itself. It is a truly chilling look at the mechanism of mass murder put into action.
The final verdict was pronounced on August 20, 1965, after almost 20 months of court proceedings. But, as to whether true justice was served to the 6 million Jews and 5 million other victims of Nazi atrocities, that remains debatable.
Summary of Verdict on Auschwitz
On August 20, 1965, after 20 months of proceedings, the verdict was pronounced in one of the most significant trials in German legal history. The court heard 360 Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp survivors and other witnesses from 19 countries, in a trial against 22 members of the SS, accused of taking part in the mass murder of millions.VERDICT ON AUSCHWITZ: THE FRANKFURT AUSCHWITZ TRIAL 1963-1965 (produced by Hessischer Rundfunk, a German public television station) is a documentary of immense importance that illuminates not only the horrors of Auschwitz, but the chilling atmosphere of the courtroom in Frankfurt, Germany, almost twenty years after the Holocaust. Assembled from 430 hours of original audiotapes that languished in obscurity for decades, this film brings to life the voices of Auschwitz survivors, who confronted perpetrators they had not seen for twenty years-- many of whom had made comfortable lives for themselves in postwar West Germany.
VERDICT ON AUSCHWITZ addresses one of the most profound questions of justice in modern history. The trial raised myriad questions that have yet to be fully answered, as it is still comparatively under-researched. The film is thus not only of historical importance-- a chapter in the history of the Holocaust and in Germans' coming to terms with this legacy-- but it can also lead new audiences to consider the process of reckoning since 1945 in Europe, the U.S. and elsewhere.
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