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Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"

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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?

Release Date : 2022-01-25

Language :EnglishGerman

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Broadview TVZDF

Production Country : Germany

Alternative Titles : Quite Normal Men: The “Forgotten Holocaust”Ordinary Men: The Forgotten HolocaustQuite Normal Men: The 'Forgotten Holocaust'

Cast

Philipp Moog

Character Name : Self - Narrator (voice)

Original Name : Philipp Moog

Gender : Male

Christopher R. Browning

Character Name : Self - Historian

Original Name : Christopher R. Browning

Gender : Male

Hilary Earl

Character Name : Self - Historian

Original Name : Hilary Earl

Gender : Male

Stefan Klemp

Character Name : Self - Historian

Original Name : Stefan Klemp

Gender : Male

Stefan Kühl

Character Name : Self - Sociologist

Original Name : Stefan Kühl

Gender : Male

Harald Welzer

Character Name : Self - Social Psychologist

Original Name : Harald Welzer

Gender : Male

Benjamin Ferencz

Character Name : Self - Jurist

Original Name : Benjamin Ferencz

Gender : Male

Markus Friedmann

Character Name : Reenactment Performer

Original Name : Markus Friedmann

Gender : Male

Philine Conrad

Character Name : Reenactment Performer

Original Name : Philine Conrad

Gender : Male

Roman Boeer de Garcez

Character Name : Reenactment Performer

Original Name : Roman Boeer de Garcez

Gender : Male

Johnny Engelmann

Character Name : Reenactment Performer

Original Name : Johnny Engelmann

Gender : Male

Andreas Heine

Character Name : Reenactment Performer

Original Name : Andreas Heine

Gender : Male

Sönke Hünding

Character Name : Reenactment Performer

Original Name : Sönke Hünding

Gender : Male

Max Jundt

Character Name : Reenactment Performer

Original Name : Max Jundt

Gender : Male

Christian Kemmling

Character Name : Reenactment Performer

Original Name : Christian Kemmling

Gender : Male

Thomas Marufke

Character Name : Reenactment Performer

Original Name : Thomas Marufke

Gender : Male

Waldemar Müller

Character Name : Reenactment Performer

Original Name : Waldemar Müller

Gender : Male

Michael Nowak

Character Name : Reenactment Performer

Original Name : Michael Nowak

Gender : Male

Paul Pfeiffer

Character Name : Reenactment Performer

Original Name : Paul Pfeiffer

Gender : Male

Tino Ruhlig

Character Name : Reenactment Performer

Original Name : Tino Ruhlig

Gender : Male

Erik Schwarz

Character Name : Reenactment Performer

Original Name : Erik Schwarz

Gender : Male

Frank Stüdgens

Character Name : Reenactment Performer

Original Name : Frank Stüdgens

Gender : Male

Marc Wehner

Character Name : Reenactment Performer

Original Name : Marc Wehner

Gender : Male

Alexander Wilczek

Character Name : Reenactment Performer

Original Name : Alexander Wilczek

Gender : Male

Otto Ohlendorf

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Otto Ohlendorf

Gender : Male

Dina Pronicheva

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Dina Pronicheva

Gender : Female

Julius Wohlauf

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Julius Wohlauf

Gender : Male

Reviews

BornKnight

@BornKnight

2024-01-04

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.