Kurt Gerstein - Témoin de vérité

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Kurt Gerstein - Témoin de vérité
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(Kurt Gerstein - Zeuge der Wahrheit)
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75 min. , color
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6 April 2007
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This documentary describes the life of Kurt Gerstein, a convinced Christian and SS-member. In French captivity he wrote the "Gerstein-report" in 1945, in which he witnesses the existence of extermination camps and describes the terrible conditions in the concentration camp of Belzec. But nobody believed him, as he could be identified as a customer of "Zyklon B". He could not infiltrate the NS-regime and his commitment for the resistance was not recognized. He was foung hanged in his prison cell. If it was murder or suicide is not yet clear.
literature:
Pierre Joffroy. Der Spion Gottes - Ein SS- Offizier im Widerstand? Berlin: Aufbau Verlag, 2002.

Jürgen Schäfer. Kurt Gerstein - Zeuge des Holocaust. Ein Leben zwischen Bibelkreisen und SS, Bielefeld: Luther-Verlag, 1999.
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Homepage: http://www.kurt-gerstein.de/

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Gerstein
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