Auschwitz

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Auschwitz
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73 min. , color
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D: 13 February 2011
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Uwe Boll laments the - from his point of view - lack of knowledge of todays youth about the holocaust. His film starts with several interviews with teenagers who are unable to answer simple questions about the holocaust, Auschwitz or nationalsocialism. After this first documentary part the film starts off, portraing the killing of new prisoners: gassing and shootings next to the stupid talk of guards about coffee, holidays and broken heaters. At the end there are some more interviews with teenagers who can now answer questions much better.
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Uwe Boll, a very controversial director, was heavily criticized for this movie. Several critics say that while the film has good intentions it fails at portraying history correctly.
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