Overall the title of the series is a bit misleading. I watched it for the reason that I really wanted a deep dive into the details of the Nuremberg trials. The trial itself is not at all the focus of the documentary. Instead the documentary is really just another rise and fall of Nazi Germany. While this is useful historical knowledge , not much of it is new information. However some of the in colour footage that is shown I hadn't witnesssed before. The Himmler scene watching the shootings is extremely startling , but a necessary reminder of how warped human beings can become.
In terms of the trial I have found other sources to provide more information. There are of course some very interesting direct recordings, but I would have really liked to have heard more from people's feedback from the trial who were there other than just Shirer. It would have been very interesting to see them go through each of the defendants and shown what they did during the War. They do this in part, but it isn't very organized as each defendant is mixed into essentially the docs retelling of World War 2.
Overall the documentary doesn't do injustice in any way to the topic, it's just not delivering on the trial aspect as much as I was hoping.
In terms of the trial I have found other sources to provide more information. There are of course some very interesting direct recordings, but I would have really liked to have heard more from people's feedback from the trial who were there other than just Shirer. It would have been very interesting to see them go through each of the defendants and shown what they did during the War. They do this in part, but it isn't very organized as each defendant is mixed into essentially the docs retelling of World War 2.
Overall the documentary doesn't do injustice in any way to the topic, it's just not delivering on the trial aspect as much as I was hoping.
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