* AmericansHateTingle: The series caused massive uproar in UsefulNotes/{{Poland}}, because of the depiction of the Polish Home Army resistance as openly antisemitic or at best indifferent to the fate of the Jews during UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust (there were even demonstrations at the headquarters of the TV channel in Germany by Polish expats). Then Polish public TV baffled everyone by deciding to broadcast the series anyway.
* NauseaFuel: The mass grave Friedhelm finds in the swamp. The bodies are so swarmed by mosquitoes and maggots that the viewer can't even tell whether the victims are Jews, Russian [=POW=]s, or some other unfortunates. [[BloodIsSquickerInWater And the bloody mud]]...
* TearJerker: ''"I suppose I'd better apply for the winter semester instead."''
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