The Man Who Met the Trains
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.
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The Man Who Met the Trains
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- Cast
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Status
Released
Release Date
Sep 1, 1989
Runtime
0h 12m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
Der Mann an der Rampe
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme
Director
Gerhard Scheumann
Description
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.
