The Accountant of Auschwitz
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An SS officer faces trial for complicity in the murder of 300,000 Jews at Auschwitz.
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In 2015, 94-year-old former German SS officer Oskar Gröning, nicknamed “The Accountant of Auschwitz”, went on trial in his home country, charged with complicity in the murder of 300,000 Jews at Auschwitz in 1944. Gröning’s trial made headlines around the world as a frail old man took the stand to face his former victims.
"This documentary tells the story of Oskar Gröning, the accountant of the Auschwitz extermination camp in Poland during World War II – where an estimated 1.3 million people, mostly Jews, were killed. Accused of complicity in the murder of 300,000 people, Gröning went to trial at the age of 94 in 2015. In a moment of societal polarization, the film examines all sides and the legacy that this trial leaves for society."