The Guard of Auschwitz (2019)
The Guard of Auschwitz
”Follow an SS Soldier conflicted between duty and humanity during the Holocaust.”
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In 'The Guard of Auschwitz', we find something uncommon in films about the Jewish Holocaust during World War II, in a narrative that seeks to distance itself from sentimentality. Although we see evil antagonists and their victims, the key lies in the relationship between the protagonists, a hero willing to fight to rescue two lives against all odds and a martyr who sees a fatal destiny that is increasingly difficult to escape.
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Follows the events of the Holocaust through the eyes of an SS Soldier.
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