* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Apparently the [[http://www.verbrechen-der-wehrmacht.de/docs/home_e.htm German officer corps actually cared about Jewish people, was disgusted by their slaughter]], and masterminded a plot to assassinate Hitler that would include the closing of [=KZs=]. [[http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/GENOCIDE/reviewstr12.htm Never mind Stauffenberg's views of Poland as "an unbelievable rabble" best under the whip, and their country as one filled with "a lot of Jews and a lot of cross-breeds"]].
** The German officer corps, especially the aristocratic elements that made up a fair chunk of it and the plotters, were primarily monarchist and extremely conservative. Tolerant democrats who believed in equality they were ''not''. In many cases, the plotters only turned on Hitler because he was losing the war, and had every intention of fighting on against the Soviet Union.
** They weren't ALL so cynical. Tresckow in particular had genuine moral objections to Hitler and believed the plot had to go forward even if it was doomed to fail just to show that there was a resistance (not surprisingly, the movie includes this).
** The only hint that they "care" about the Jewish people is the fact that they planned to close down the concentration camps. In all honesty, that doesn't really mean they actually "care" about the prisoners. The concentration camps themselves cost Germany a whole lot of money and manpower to maintain. Shutting it down could just be chalked down to prudence and pragmatism. Really, just because somebody has racist views doesn't mean he wants them all killed by their own hands.

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Eddie Izzard is probably too well known to be considered a "that guy", and the actors' names can be listed in the main text anyway.

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