‘The Last Days’: Hungarians Haunted by the Holocaust

Hungarian survivors tell their stories in this compelling documentary.

Visitors look at a monument with the names of Holocaust victims at a Holocaust museum in Budapest, Hungary, on Aug. 2, 2024. Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

As late as 1944, even when it was certain that Adolf Hitler would lose World War II, he feverishly pursued the extermination of the largest remaining European Jewish population: the Jews of Hungary. This commentary spotlights a disturbing but necessary Oscar-winning documentary about Hungarian Jews who survived Nazi camps during what was meant to be the culmination of Hitler’s Final Solution.