Black Soldiers is a documentary about those who are seen as bad Dutch: the Dutch SS . A total of 25,000 compatriots joined during the Second World War, the've Joined the Waffen-SS and strengthened Hitler's army .In Black Soldiers, six of them for the first time telling their story to the world: shocking and confrontational the way they talk about their choice for the SS, about their experiences on the front and on the appeal of National Socialism . Some of them struggle with the choices they made at the time, others are still convinced of the correctness of their racist and anti-Semitic views. Some people live in cages with bars built from their own fears and doubts. Some people live in cages with bars built from other people's fears and doubts; their parents, their friends, their brothers and sisters, their families. Some people live in cages with bars built from the choices others made for them, the circumstances other people imposed upon them. And some people break free." Oh, if only it were possible to find understanding," Joseph exclaimed. "If only there were a dogma to believe in. Everything is contradictory, everything tangential; there are no certainties anywhere. Everything can be interpreted one way and then again interpreted in the opposite sense. The whole of world history can be explained as development and progress and can also be seen as nothing but decadence and meaninglessness. Isn't there any truth? Is there no real and valid doctrine?" The master had never heard him speak so fervently. He walked on in silence for a little, then said: "There is truth, my boy. But the doctrine you desire, absolute, perfect dogma that alone provides wisdom, does not exist. Nor should you long for a perfect doctrine, my friend. Rather, you should long for the perfection of yourself. The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught. Be prepared for conflicts, Joseph Knecht - I can see that they already have begun."

• published: 08 Oct 2013
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