Exploring the trial of
Oskar Gröning 70 years after his crimes
Stephen
Applebaum speaks to the director of a new film that explores the
controversial trial of former SS guard Oskar Gröning
The subject of the
Shoah was important to director Matthew Shoychet “as a Jew” –
but he didn’t want to make a film just for Jews. Neither did he
want to risk people saying they’d seen it all before. He asked
himself: “How do we make it unique and a modern story?”
The answer was Oskar Gröning who, in 2015, was put on trial in Luneburg, Germany, at the age of 93, as an accessory to the murder of 300,000 Hungarian Jews.
The answer was Oskar Gröning who, in 2015, was put on trial in Luneburg, Germany, at the age of 93, as an accessory to the murder of 300,000 Hungarian Jews.
Shoychet’s resulting
documentary, The Accountant of Auschwitz, now available on DVD
and digital platforms, is a fascinating insight into the
controversial trial of the former Nazi.
Read the full story here: https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/exploring-the-trial-of-oskar-groning-70-years-after-his-crimes/
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