Producers Ric and Ricki Gurwitz and prosecutor Thomas Walther during panel discussion after screening at the UN in January 2020.
Screening in Nigeria
The United Nations has acquired the Accountant of Aushwitz to screen around the world. The kick off screening took place in New York City followed by a panel discussion with producers Ricki Gurwitz and Ric Esther Bienstock and prosecutor Thomas Walther. Subsequent screenings took place in 24 countries accompanied by locally organized panels and events. From Nigeria to New Delhi, from Moscow to Mexico City, The Accountant of Auschwitz screened for thousands of students who otherwise might never learn about the Holocaust.
The film, which tells the story of 94-year-old former German SS officer Oskar Gröning, nicknamed “The Accountant of Auschwitz”, went on trial in his home country, charged with complicity in the murder of 300,000 Jews at Auschwitz in 1944.
To read more about a screening please go to: https://indiaeducationdiary.in/unesco-field-offices-participate-in-global-holocaust-commemoration/
The film holds portent lessons for countries reckoning with their own histories. For more information on the film please go here.