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Diamond Member
A documentary that began in 2008, much of the interviews of the old men who were actual members of the SS were filmed in the first year. For obvious reasons. In 2008 these men were in their late 80s-90s. Today they are all most certainly dead.
Anyway. It is a surreal documentary.
Of the 10 or so SS members they interviewed, two of them, one in particular, still believes in what they did.One in particular, a Lieutenant in the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler... the units who without question did whatever they were told, as they were basically Hitlers own personal army members. The Leibstandarte SS was a key unit in Hitlers "scorched earth" policy of burning every building of occupied areas before they would be overtaken by the Russians. Mercilessly killing every man/woman/child of the villages. Often corralling them into the largest building and setting fire to it.
This man said he was proud to serve, and had no regrets.
Surreal.
Another part of this documentary was they took a former SS officer and had him meet young Germans in the very building, very room where the "Final Solution" was discussed and planned. Of the 20 or so young Germans in the room - two of them was angry at the former SS man for saying he was ashamed for what he did. The other young people in the room did not speak up when they did that.
Surreal.
Anyway. It is a surreal documentary.
Of the 10 or so SS members they interviewed, two of them, one in particular, still believes in what they did.One in particular, a Lieutenant in the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler... the units who without question did whatever they were told, as they were basically Hitlers own personal army members. The Leibstandarte SS was a key unit in Hitlers "scorched earth" policy of burning every building of occupied areas before they would be overtaken by the Russians. Mercilessly killing every man/woman/child of the villages. Often corralling them into the largest building and setting fire to it.
This man said he was proud to serve, and had no regrets.
Surreal.
Another part of this documentary was they took a former SS officer and had him meet young Germans in the very building, very room where the "Final Solution" was discussed and planned. Of the 20 or so young Germans in the room - two of them was angry at the former SS man for saying he was ashamed for what he did. The other young people in the room did not speak up when they did that.
Surreal.