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Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"

Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"

2022•58m•7.4/10
DocumentaryHistory

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7.4/10(42)

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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Production

Broadview TV, ZDF

Language

DE

Status

Released

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Cast

Philipp Moog

Philipp Moog

Self - Narrator (voice)

Christopher R. Browning

Self - Historian

Hilary Earl

Self - Historian

Stefan Klemp

Self - Historian

Stefan Kühl

Self - Sociologist

Harald Welzer

Self - Social Psychologist

Benjamin Ferencz

Benjamin Ferencz

Self - Jurist

Markus Friedmann

Markus Friedmann

Reenactment Performer

Philine Conrad

Reenactment Performer

Roman Boeer de Garcez

Roman Boeer de Garcez

Reenactment Performer

Johnny Engelmann

Reenactment Performer

Andreas Heine

Reenactment Performer

Sönke Hünding

Reenactment Performer

Max Jundt

Reenactment Performer

Christian Kemmling

Reenactment Performer

Thomas Marufke

Reenactment Performer

Waldemar Müller

Reenactment Performer

Michael Nowak

Reenactment Performer

Paul Pfeiffer

Reenactment Performer

Tino Ruhlig

Reenactment Performer

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