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  • Summary: The Wehrmacht-Exhibition, which was shown in eleven major cities in Germany between 1999 and 2004 and was visited by more than 500,000 attendants, challenged ordinary Germans to rethink what their fathers and grandfathers did during the war. Whereas most had been led to believe that the cold-blooded murder of civilians had been a crime of a minority of officers, for the first time Germans saw photos and footage of ordinary soldiers gleefully tormenting and executing civilians on the Eastern front. The nation was shaken, and large protests were organized by those who believed the evidence was manufactured. (First Run Features) … Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    90
    Superb documentary.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    88
    The cumulative evidence that genocide could not have occurred without the cooperation of the German army is overwhelming.
  3. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Phil Hall
    50
    It is a painful but important subject, to be certain, but the film dilutes its own effectiveness by devolving into a collection of talking heads who often seem to be repeating each other.

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