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Gone to Ground: One Woman's Extraordinary Account of Survival in the Heart of Nazi Germany

Anthea Bell, Marie Jalowicz-Simon, Irene Stratenwerth and Hermann Simon

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Berlin 1941. Marie Jalowicz Simon, a nineteen-year-old Jewish woman, makes an extraordinary...

Lenard (726 KP) rated The Auschwitz Report (2021) in Movies

Jan 27, 2021

The Auschwitz Report (2021)

2021 | Drama, History, International, War

10.0

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People would say there are enough movies about the Holocaust, but this film is different. In 1944, two Slovak Jewish scribes escaped from Auschwitz to safety. They "worked" for the Nazis keeping careful records for the camp. When they met with the Resistance and with the Red Cross, neither organization could believe that the stories they told were true. Meanwhile, back in Auschwitz, the inmates at Barrack 9 withstood months of torture protecting the escapees.
A great movie overall. Two things stood out. One scene at the camp: After spending the night standing outside in the cold, Nazis force the captures to perform their daily work. As the captures walk off, three bodies are seen: one leaning against the wall of the barrack, one in a fetal position on the ground, and the last knelt over, a powerful image of torture. The second happens during the credits when voices from the modern day propagate hate against "the others" showing how the Holocaust continues even as some deny it.