From 1938-1939, the systematic anti-Semitism of Adolph Hitler and the Nazis led to violence and despotism towards Jewish citizens, along with the exploitation of Jewish property. Tax inspectors, bailiffs, pawnbrokers, and auctioneers were among the major profiteers of the Holocaust. This documentary goes on a hunt for relics of the past and those who've profited most from the injustices of WWII.
Direction
Jan Lorenzen's methodical, almost clinical approach.
Editing
Relentless accumulation of evidence.
Production
Archival materials that feel freshly unearthed.
Director
Jan Lorenzen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film exposes how ordinary German professions—tax assessment, property valuation—became machinery for genocide, making the banality of evil literal.
Many auction houses still operating today trace provenance gaps to this period; the documentary sparked renewed restitution debates in Germany.
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