Review – The Unknown Soldier

All these years later, and Germany still hasn’t quite come to grips with World War Two. The controversy here centers around an exhibit documenting the Wehrmacht’s complicity – even active participation – in the Final Solution. To be sure, this must have come as quite a shock to some. The only-the-SS-did-that-sort-of-thing myth spared many a father and grandfather in the eyes of German families. Toward that end, I wish this documentary had spent more time on the documentation of the German army’s direct role in atrocities. I know I griped about Shoah’s excessive obsession with the fine details, but this movie errs in the other direction. In place of footage of neo-Nazis making asses of themselves, the links could have been made more concrete. However, overall this is an interesting portrait of a nation still conflicted over the darker corners of its common heritage. Mildly amusing