An Errol Morris Film
Starring Fred A Leuchter, Jr.
"FOOLS ON PARADE".
That's basically what this documentary is about! A bunch of generally smart people acting like FOOLS telling us that there was no holocaust, and then have their 'findings' refuted by people who obviously know more of what went on in World War II than they actually did.
Holocaust deniers are on the same level as people who still think Elvis Presley is living in a trailer outside Memphis. They don't want to accept that a great nation like Germany, or in fact the human race as whole, can commit an atrocity such as the holocaust.
And the center fool is Fred Leuchter, who is an intersting character. Shakespearian to say the least. At his heart he is a philantrophist. He tries to make Death Machines work better by killing the victim in the most humane way possible. But then, obviously because he has such a large ego and with a limited knowledge of science and history, sides with Nazis saying that the Holocaust was a sham. And in the process destroys his career.
Mr Leuchter is not, I think, an anti-Semite, despite what one of the holocaust experts say. He is just a silly little man who is acting the goat because all he wants is attention. I can't help but feel sorry for him, even though he deserves all the bad things that happened to him.
I could also not help that the filmmaker ridiculed him a bit too much. But basically Morris suggests he is trapped in his own universe or trapped by his own ego. Recommended to all who likes a good documentary.
I just feel Morris could have added more scientific data refuting Leuchter's findings.
Starring Fred A Leuchter, Jr.
"FOOLS ON PARADE".
That's basically what this documentary is about! A bunch of generally smart people acting like FOOLS telling us that there was no holocaust, and then have their 'findings' refuted by people who obviously know more of what went on in World War II than they actually did.
Holocaust deniers are on the same level as people who still think Elvis Presley is living in a trailer outside Memphis. They don't want to accept that a great nation like Germany, or in fact the human race as whole, can commit an atrocity such as the holocaust.
And the center fool is Fred Leuchter, who is an intersting character. Shakespearian to say the least. At his heart he is a philantrophist. He tries to make Death Machines work better by killing the victim in the most humane way possible. But then, obviously because he has such a large ego and with a limited knowledge of science and history, sides with Nazis saying that the Holocaust was a sham. And in the process destroys his career.
Mr Leuchter is not, I think, an anti-Semite, despite what one of the holocaust experts say. He is just a silly little man who is acting the goat because all he wants is attention. I can't help but feel sorry for him, even though he deserves all the bad things that happened to him.
I could also not help that the filmmaker ridiculed him a bit too much. But basically Morris suggests he is trapped in his own universe or trapped by his own ego. Recommended to all who likes a good documentary.
I just feel Morris could have added more scientific data refuting Leuchter's findings.
