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Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"
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Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"

2022-01-25 · 58 min · ★ 7.4

Documentary · History

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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Directors
Manfred Oldenburg
Production companies
Broadview TV, ZDF
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Philipp MoogSelf - Narrator (voice)
Christopher R. BrowningSelf - Historian
Hilary EarlSelf - Historian
Stefan KlempSelf - Historian
Stefan KühlSelf - Sociologist
Harald WelzerSelf - Social Psychologist
Benjamin FerenczBenjamin FerenczSelf - Jurist
Markus FriedmannMarkus FriedmannReenactment Performer
Philine ConradReenactment Performer
Roman Boeer de GarcezRoman Boeer de GarcezReenactment Performer
Johnny EngelmannReenactment Performer
Andreas HeineReenactment Performer
Sönke HündingReenactment Performer
Max JundtReenactment Performer
Christian KemmlingReenactment Performer
Thomas MarufkeReenactment Performer
Waldemar MüllerReenactment Performer
Michael NowakReenactment Performer
Paul PfeifferReenactment Performer
Tino RuhligReenactment Performer

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