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  • Elusive Justice: The Search for Nazi War Criminals (2011)
  • TV-14
    116 min | Documentary
Elusive Justice: The Search for Nazi War Criminals (2011)
TV-14
116 min | Documentary
From PBS: At the end of WWII the Allies declared the Nazi party a criminal organization, and pledged to prosecute and punish the architects and triggermen of genocide. It was an ambitious pledge: several hundred thousand Gestapo, SS, and ...See moreFrom PBS: At the end of WWII the Allies declared the Nazi party a criminal organization, and pledged to prosecute and punish the architects and triggermen of genocide. It was an ambitious pledge: several hundred thousand Gestapo, SS, and Wehrmacht forces had engaged in war crimes and atrocities against civilians. But only a few thousand Nazi criminals and collaborators were convicted at the Nuremberg trials. This paled with the legions who evaded prosecution by concealing their war records, assuming false identities, fleeing Europe, or serving Allied governments as spies or scientists. In the absence of an international manhunt and centralized prosecution, the task of bringing Nazi criminals to justice was undertaken by a handful of individuals-acting without official status or government support. These so-called Nazi hunters collectively identified and brought to justice thousands of Nazi criminals. In the process, the Nazi hunters gave a measure of dignity to the dead and reminded the international community that enemies of humanity must be punished--if humanity is to survive. Narrated by Candice Bergen, this is an unprecedented examination of the six-decade global hunt for the 20th century's greatest criminals. Featuring intimate portraits of the Nazi hunters, the film also examines the nations and institutions that helped bring war criminals to justice-or, in too many cases, helped them to escape. This program contains material that may not be appropriate for all viewers. Viewer discretion is advised. Written by Anonymous See less
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Director
Jonathan Silvers
Producer
Jonathan Silvers
Composers
Robert Lee (as Robert Y. Lee) | Robert Y. Lee
Cinematographer
Robert Caccamise
Editors
Thiago Da Costa | Patrick Flynn | Shelby Siegel
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Nov 26, 2011 (United States)

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