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Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"

Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"

20227.40h 58m

Overview

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?

Directed by Manfred Oldenburg
Written by Manfred Oldenburg, Laura Freialdenhoven, Daniel Gaziano
Produced by Leopold Hoesch
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Top Cast

Philipp Moog

Philipp Moog

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Christopher R. Browning

Self - Historian

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Hilary Earl

Self - Historian

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Stefan Klemp

Self - Historian

S

Stefan Kühl

Self - Sociologist

H

Harald Welzer

Self - Social Psychologist

Benjamin Ferencz

Benjamin Ferencz

Self - Jurist

Markus Friedmann

Markus Friedmann

Reenactment Performer

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Philine Conrad

Reenactment Performer

Roman Boeer de Garcez

Roman Boeer de Garcez

Reenactment Performer

Themes & Keywords

mass murderholocaust (shoah)world war iijew persecutionmass shootingeuropean historydeath squadsgerman history

About Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"

Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust" is a documentary, history film released in 2022 exploring themes of mass murder, holocaust (shoah), world war ii, jew persecution, mass shooting, european history. Directed by Manfred Oldenburg, it stars Philipp Moog, Christopher R. Browning, Hilary Earl. 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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