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World War II

Franz Suchomel’s Secret Recording

Claude Lanzmann secretly filmed former Treblinka SS member Franz Suchomel for Shoah. The recording exposes perpetrator testimony and the challenge of reading evasions alongside historical evidence.

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Claude Lanzmann secretly filmed former Treblinka SS member Franz Suchomel for Shoah. The recording exposes perpetrator testimony and the challenge of reading evasions alongside historical evidence.