Introduction

This documentary examines how and why thousands of ordinary Germans carried out mass atrocities as members of Nazi police squads during the Holocaust.

Outline

This documentary explores an often-overlooked aspect to the Holocaust during World War II. In addition to the concentration camps, a sizable portion of the six million Jews killed by Nazis were done by seemingly “ordinary citizens” dispatched to serve as police officers in Poland, where they would soon be dispatched to be the ones who murdered Jewish citizens, shooting men, women, and children at close range, face-to-face.

This documentary, in particular, looks at the Reserve Battalion 101 from Hamburg, and tries to understand why otherwise intelligent people who were not necessarily true believers in the Third Reich ended up committing so much mass murder, even when historians have revealed that there were no serious penalties to those few who followed their conscience and refused to follow to take part in the genocide, and how those who did take part were, eventually, brought to justice.

Production & Filming Details

• Narrator(s):
  • Brian Cox
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  • Netflix
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• Running Time: 58 minutes.
• Rating: 18.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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