Final Account

Credit is due for the long and arduous work of compiling these interviews. You get the full gambit of responses here from true acknowledgement of their involvement in crimes against humanity and a serious desire to ensure it never happens again, to half hearted admissions and then denials, all the way to a disturbing nostalgia for the era.

The Final Account exemplifies what Hannah Arendt described as the " banality of evil" by exposing how these totally unremarkable people participated in , justified and then denied their complicity in Nazi atrocities. Their lack of remorse, compassion and responsibility is terrifying.

Amazing candid interviews. I kept asking how he got them to agree to speak to him on camera?! I felt an array of emotions listening to the interviews. Hatred, anger, disgust, empathy even.... pray we never repeat such a black stain on humanity.

Luke edited out some of the most important things from the interviews at the end. He only wanted you to hear what he wanted you to hear. I really wish he didn't edit the answers at the end. Other then that it was a great documentary.

This is an invaluable record of a time which mustn't be forgotten. Born in 1943 I recall my parents stories lived in San Diego, CA hearing air raid sirens & lights out orders. So sad that young people nowadays don't place enough attention to history's mistakes that could so easily be repeated; just look at how close Trump** has brought us to the edge in the USA. As the gentleman speaking to young men on the far right said "don't be herded, think". I would say don't ignore history as through the ages lessons are repeated if we don't learn, pay attention and remain aware".

Read "Ordinary Germans" (D. Goldhagen 1984) and skip this terrible film!! Very confused editing and "exploitation" of a theme in an offensive way. "Hitler's Children" is a 300% better film on subject of guilt, accountability, memory, and responsibility. Everything Holland has to say was said much better in Goldhagen's 1984 book. As the descendant of Holacaust survivors, I found this film inarticulate, misleading, and a bad movie.

A chilling look at the people involved in Nazi Germany. The last opportunity to hear from their own lips. Well worth viewing.

I love history especially one that gets into the rawness to ask the tough questions. This documentation is a must watch for anyone who is fascinated with society can have profound impacts on the world.

Credit is due for the long and arduous work of compiling these interviews. You get the full gambit of responses here from true acknowledgement of their involvement in crimes against humanity and a serious desire to ensure it never happens again, to half hearted admissions and then denials, all the way to a disturbing nostalgia for the era.

Yet another exceptional documentary about the atrocities of Nazis.