The Man Who Met the Trains

The Man Who Met the Trains
1989
⏱️ 12 min
📅 Released
🌐 DE
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.

Crew

Director
Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann
Writer
Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann

Production

DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme