The Last of the Unjust

Overview

Theresienstadt serves as a façade, a so-called "model ghetto" designed by Adolf Eichmann to deceive the world and its Jewish inhabitants about the true horrors awaiting them. At the center of this tragic narrative is Benjamin Murmelstein, the final president of the Jewish Council in Theresienstadt. Condemned to a life of exile, he found himself negotiating with Eichmann from 1938 until the war's end, yet he was never called to testify at Eichmann's trial, despite being one of the few who truly understood the Nazi's intentions. Claude Lanzmann's documentary uncovers this vital, overlooked chapter of the Holocaust, exploring the dark roots of the "Final Solution."