The Investigation | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Peter Weiss’ monumental 1965 stage play, among the greatest artworks on the Holocaust, condenses the testimonies of wi | dG1fcC1BVVNRYTZhUVE

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00:00Mr. Zeuger, the court is in possession of your diary.

00:04It is to be read first.

00:06This afternoon there was roast beef, a very thick cabbage roll with flour dumplings and red cabbage.

00:12Then it says,

00:14against 11 executions.

00:20The officer who divided us was very friendly.

00:23I asked him,

00:25where did the others go?

00:29And he answered,

00:31they're just going for a swim now.

00:37Everything went smoothly.

00:39The transports arrived like hot rolls.

00:47The locomotive whistle was the signal that a new transport was arriving.

00:52That meant that in about an hour the ovens had to be ready for use.

00:59When the prisoners were brought into the chambers,

01:01the paramedics went to the hatches,

01:03put on their gas masks and emptied the buckets.

01:08At the end of the ramp, the sky was red,

01:11the smoke rose sweetly and sank.

01:15Don't you want to tell us

01:17what you have arranged in connection with the extermination actions?

01:21We would like to draw your attention to the fact

01:23that our clients are disputing the participation in these proceedings.

01:26It was an order, we couldn't do anything about it.

01:28I only did what I had to do.

01:30I only had to do the paperwork.

01:31I did not participate in any of the executions.

01:33What are the findings?

01:34I was against this whole affair.

01:36I don't know anymore.

01:38People don't burn.

01:39He will give me my honor.

01:40Everything went very quickly.

01:41We didn't do anything.

01:43Our friendliness was done.

01:48I ask you to point out

01:50how close the path was with spectators

01:53when they drove us out of our apartments

01:55and lured us into the cattle car.