It was all about World War II?

Rating: 10/10 (18 June 2010)

A few random observations that don't really add up to a theory of the movie:
Some odd clues in the movie: 1. Dachau was liberated in the Spring of 1945, not the Winter. 2. Dachau is a town near Munich, so the weather was warm in Spring. 3. The sign "Arbeit Macht Frei" was over the entrance to Auschwitz in Poland, not Dachau. 4. Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviet army in January, 1945, so it would have been cold, as shown in the movie. 5. The guards at Dachau were not executed by U.S. troops. Who knows what happened at Auschwitz? 6. Why does Teddy speak German so well? 7. Dr. Naehrung's name means "nourishment" in German.
According to Ebert, much of the flavor of Film Noir was a depiction of the PTSD suffered by G.I.s in WWII.
It is well known that the U.S. military conducted very dubious research during the 50s into the use of drugs to affect behavior.
Is this the Dark Side of "Men Who Stare at Goats"?