The Man Who Met the Trains

The Man Who Met the Trains

1989 · 12 min · Documentary

A top administrator in the Federal German armed forces measures the machinery of murder at Auschwitz according to the effiency principle, and deems it a triumph. Militaria dealers market all the components for a do-it-yourself SS officer. The film assembles on, piece by piece, from a price list: the complete Hauptsturmführer for 2,921 Deutschmarks, ready to meet the trains arriving at Auschwitz with the appropriate aluminium lurex armband at 45 Marks.

Directed by Walter Heynowski · Written by Walter Heynowski

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Gerhard Scheumann Narrator (voice)
Walter Niklaus Narrator (voice)

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