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They saw and knew everything, but they didn’t say “no”—they were proud to serve their homeland, they were afraid, or just didn’t know how. Director Luke Holland spent decades interviewing two hundred men and women—the last remaining Nazis in their final years. In this film, he shows us a few of those intimate conversations. These aren’t the big monsters. These are the little people, the cogs that enabled the great death machine to run smoothly. Some of them served in the S.S., others were grunts, accountants, train operators, food suppliers, cleaning staff, guards—Germans who had a good time in the Hitler Youth, delighted at the beauty and music of the Nazi parades, diligently followed orders and kept up their routines. This film isn’t an accusation; it’s a shocking exploration of the human ability to repress, accept, and remember.
Previous Festivals: Venice Film Festival
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