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Verdict on Auschwitz
Verdict on Auschwitz

Verdict on Auschwitz

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Documentary

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This documentary re-creates the momentous Frankfurt trial. Rolf Bickel and Dietrich Wagner build the film around taped testimony from more than 200 Auschwitz survivors. Twenty-two former members of Hitler's SS, many of whom had carved out comfortable lives for themselves in postwar West Germany, stood trial in 1963 before 360 witnesses who accused them of murdering millions.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

172 mins

Rating

8/10

Release Date

01 January 1993

Country

Germany

Cast

Edgar M. Böhlke

Edgar M. Böhlke

Narrator (voice)

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