[Almost a Christian]

This was repeated on the telly during the night. What went through my mind watching this was this was very instructive regarding their apparent anxiety in ‘humanising’ Hitler & Co for the mass audience. Of course such ‘humanisation’ is an indirect assault upon the compulsory public image of the ‘demonic’ Hitler. Hitler needs to be 'incomprehensible’. They need him to be the ‘demon’ or ‘evil’ itself. Even to rehabilitate him to the extent that he is a mere ‘criminal’ in a context where he can understood is too unbearable. People can understand a ‘criminal’ but ‘evil’ they can’t...

With this in mind the makers at one point focus upon a conversation between Himmler and Heydreich gossiping in which Himmler playfully remarked that he was ‘busy with project this or project that’. Bang! Suddenly and in a manner that was strikingly at odds with the rhythm of the documentary, the 'grey-aerial-shots-of-some-warehouses 'newsreel was kicked into gear, the tone, grave with sincerity, morbidly invoking the millions..et al. I’m surprised there wasn’t a prolonged chosenite violin piece to complete the heart wrenching ensemble....