The Unknown Soldier
“Damning Documentary Indicts German Civilians in Slaughter of Jews during WWII”
2006•1h 37m•7.0•Released
HistoryDocumentary
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.
Director
Michael Verhoeven
Writer
Michael Verhoeven
Languages
English, German, Russian
Studio
Sentana Filmproduktion
Cast
Hannes Heer
Self
Jan Philipp Reemtsma
Self
Charlotte Knobloch
Self
Ralph Giordano
Self
Oskar Negt
Self
Klaus von Dohnanyi
Self
Christian Ude
Self
Hans-Jochen Vogel
Self
Klaus Wowereit
Self
Petra Pau
Self
Production
Company
Sentana Filmproduktion
Company
BR
Company
WDR
Company
ARTE
Company
Eikon Media
Producer
Michael Verhoeven
Producer
Ernst Ludwig Ganzert
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