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Verdict on Auschwitz

Edgar M. Boehlke (Actor), Herman Langbein (Actor), Rolf Bickel (Director), Rated:
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Genre Documentary
Format NTSC, Color, Subtitled, Multiple Formats
Contributor Rolf Bickel, Dietrich Wagner, Edgar M. Boehlke, Dr. Fritz Baueur, Herman Langbein, Joachim Kugler
Language German
Runtime 3 hours
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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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The recent conference, of Holocaust deniers, anti-Semites, and other fools has made the truth necessary once again. VERDICT provides not only substantial pieces of testimony from survivors but an extraordinary variety of documentary evidence. --The New Yorker

A powerful condemnation of evil, and a chilling reminder of how seemingly civilized societies can lapse into madness. --Film Threat

As both historical document and human document, this epic is infinitely valuable. Grade: A --Christian Science Monitor

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  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.36 x 0.58 x 7.55 inches; 2.72 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Rolf Bickel, Dietrich Wagner
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Multiple Formats, Subtitled, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 3 hours
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ April 17, 2007
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Edgar M. Boehlke, Herman Langbein, Joachim Kugler, Dr. Fritz Baueur
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ FIRST RUN FEATURES
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000MAFXQY
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • Brendan M. Howard
    4.0 out of 5 stars A piece of history, stories that sadden ...
    Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2007
    Verdict on Auschwitz is a harrowing three-hour ordeal of history and personal recorded testimony, and a filmed record of the infamous Nazi excuse: I was just following orders. Rolf Bickel and Dietrich Wagner almost do too good a job, chronicling so many stories, so many details, and so much anguished testimony that the entirety is almost unbearable for a single viewing. This is a tale of men who committed monstrous crimes and a troubled German society that finds itself revisiting a dark past through the Frankfurt trials, lasting almost three years.
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  • Literato
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Astounding & Overwhelming Archive of Nazi Guilt
    Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2012
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    Made for German television, this effort makes me proud of Germans whose courage and intelligence allow them to methodically indict and stare down the demonic idiots who plunged innocent people into misery and death, and the German people into passive baboons of barbaric ignominy. The attorneys and judges involved decided it was time for this defeated nation to own up to its guilt, corruption and jingoistic hysteria. I won't repeat the summaries of other reviewers. The witness testimonies and rare footage are devastating and will burn themselves into our brains. This documentary deserves an Academy Award. A contributing Slovakian witness had a unique and very revealing take on what National Socialism [so-called] was about. He said it wasn't about the murder of Jews and other enemies of the state, but rather about thugs waging war and genocide to steal the wealth of other's [mainly the Jews of Europe]. He maintains that the mass murder was only a by-product. This masterpiece of scholarship belongs in the video collection of every thinking human being.

    POSTSCRIPT: And how much did the ravings of the Austrian dwarf and the delusions of his criminal minions cost the world in terms of human life? The answer is well in excess of 60 million people, and this does not include the wounded. The following figures are based on a Wikipedia search for "casualties of World War II." Given differing estimates from various sources, the figures below have been averaged.

    We will start with the most horrendous casualties: Russia - 23.4 million; Germany - 7.6 million; the Jews of Europe - 5.5 million; Poles - 2 million; Yugoslavs - 1.3 million; the Roma (gypsies) - 1.1 million. As for the rest of Europe: Austria - 120K; Belgium 88K; Czechoslovakia 325K; Finland 97K; France 567K; Greece 550K; Hungary 580K; Italy 450K; Lithuania 350K; Netherlands 300K; UK 450K; and the USA 418K.

    SUCH BUTCHERY MUST NEVER BE REPEATED AGAIN!
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  • Joe Heffernan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Don't hesitate - great product - reliable vendor
    Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2016
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    Very informative documentary, detailing how some of these savages were prosecuted and punished by the legal system - such as it is.
    Product was pre-loved but in as-new condition.
    As the product was unavailable elsewhere (with English sub-titles) the relatively high price for a second-had video was well worth it.
    Very satisfied.
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  • RACER ONE
    2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2014
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    HAD TO READ TOO MANY SUBTITLES AND COULD NOT ENJOY VIDEO.
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  • A Restless Reader
    5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful, Provocative, Beautifully Realized.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2018
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    Shattering. You'll never forget it.
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  • daniel johnson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2015
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    NICE
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  • Z Hayes
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Frankfurt-Auschwitz Trial 1963-65
    Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2008
    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.
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  • Annie Van Auken
    5.0 out of 5 stars Mind-boggling verdict!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2010
    I saw the most amazing three hour German documentary today called
    VERDICT ON AUSCHWITZ - The Frankfort Auschwitz Trial 1963-1965.

    22 men were in the dock, 5 are considered major players in the systematic killing of 3.5 million people at this death camp and its sister, Birkenau.

    One man murdered thousands by injecting their hearts with phenol. A second beat prisoners to death for the smallest infraction. Another climbed the roof of the shower building and delivered the Zyklon B that on each occasion would choke to death over 100 people inside of 20 minutes.

    The camp adjutant, who was in charge of the day to day running of Auschwitz (its commandant died in 1947 as a result of the Nuremberg trials), denied knowledge of mass murders, firing squads, crematoria and Zyklon B, even though he signed requisition orders for the poison.

    In his closing argument, their attorney insisted that selecting the few who would live out of each trainload of new arrivals was an angelic act on the part of the defendants!

    The terrible truth: none of these murderers received the death penalty for their heinous crimes and none ever expressed one bit of remorse for what they'd done.

    It's a harrowing documentary, to say the least.
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