Interesting Point of View  From a Nazi

Rating: 6/10 (6 March 2009)

Here's the thing with Holocaust movies. If you produce the movie from the perspective of a Jewish person, then the viewers will understand the real pain caused in World War II. The problem with 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' was that the perspective was from the son of a high ranking Nazi commander, so it was harder to have sympathy for when the son was killed. I understand the point that they were trying to make about how immune the Nazi's became to killing the Jews and how when the commander's son escaped and was gassed, no one noticed. In a Holocaust movie, it is important to touch on a few things: the point of view from the Jews, why Nazi's hated them, and times when Jews received outside help from others. I mostly just got a gist of Nazi's and the life of high ranking Nazi commandant.
The two best movies about the Holocaust that I have seen are "Schindler's List" and "Defiance".