truth and reflection

Carter 2022-04-01 08:01:02

This is actually the growth process of a prosecutor who believes in the justice of the law, but the background of this growth process is the Auschwitz trial. I always agree that the law is the will of the ruling class, so what law should the SS serving in Auschwitz be judged by? I believe it has been a big issue for a long time. If it is the level of war crimes against humanity, it should be in the field of international law. , Poland and Israel specially legislate for those Nazi officers who were tried locally. In Germany, if the SS obeyed the sovereign orders at that time, what law and what crime should they be charged with? Thinking about it this way, this The Auschwitz trial in Frankfurt is actually more of a non-legal meaning, because I always find it too far-fetched. Having said that, I will go back to the first sentence of the prosecutor who believes in the justice of the law. If he investigates and prosecutes according to this original intention, it will be painful. The law has never been equal to justice. While he re-understood the meaning of the trial, he also revealed the attitude of ordinary Germans towards the war and the racially discriminatory massacre represented by Auschwitz. Who is blind? Is it the common people who deceive themselves, or the "righteous" people who just want to expose their scars while putting on a good life? Was the German people who joined the Nazis at that time forced or brainwashed, or was it an inherent characteristic of the nation? Like John said, you are all forced, should Hitler alone be punished? The Germans' reflection on the war deserves our respect, as John finally figured out the meaning of this trial. It is no longer important who to punish and how to punish. What is needed is to tell the truth and let the whole nation and even human beings reflect.

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  • Flo 2022-04-01 09:01:19

    I almost fell asleep... I would like to thank the director, including the entire Germanic nation, for their sincerity and courage to take responsibility and face the past, which is more than 108,000 times stronger than that of a neighboring country! The most chilling part of watching the whole film is not that the male protagonist suspects that he has lost himself during the investigation process, but the sentence after the film ends that the nineteen defendants did not show any remorse throughout the trial. The indifference and cruelty of human nature can be so terrifying

  • Kirsten 2022-04-07 09:01:06

    Auschwitz is the most exciting (for both the characters and the audience) at the beginning of the show, and the male protagonist's obsession with chasing Mendler's line is not bad. But the subject matter is too heavy, the screenwriter wants to cover everything as much as possible, and there are some dramatic turns in the protagonist, but the film loses its strength. Compared with spotlight, the latter's way of going all the way to the dark feels much more frightening.

Labyrinth of Lies quotes

  • Generalstaatsanwalt Fritz Bauer: If you think this is all about who's guilty, partly guilty or innocent, then you've learned nothing, nothing at all.

  • Johann Radmann: [reads from record of interrogation] A small boy, about 5 years old, jumped off the truck. He was holding an apple. Boger was standing at the door. The boy stood beside the truck and was so happy about the apple. Boger went up to the boy, grabbed him by the feet, and smashed his head against the wall. Then Boger picked up the apple and told me to clean up the mess on the wall. And then Boger ate the apple. - Everyday life in Auschwitz.