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This film may have caused the death of the REAL Roshmann.

posted 15 years ago by MrPie7
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According to " I Have Never Forgotten You " a documentary about the life of Simon Weisenthal, Roshmann died indirectly due to "The Odessa File". According to the documentary, a man watching the film in Argentina realized (how, is not explained) that he had Roshmann for a neighbor. When he went to the police, someone tipped off Roshmann who fled to Paraguay. According to the documentary, Roshmann had a heart attack crossing the river into Paraguay, and later died from it. I cannot document the truth of this account.

According to rumor, the O.D.E.S.S.A. itself killed him because of the publicity generated about the organization by the film. If any of this is true, it only adds more joy to an already good film.

[–] heelmaster2000 15 years ago

Huh, neat little fact.

[–] psdhart 14 years ago

yeah interesting

[–] Principal_McVicker 14 years ago

Surely the moniker of Edward Roeschmann was made up. I find your tale to be quite unbelievable.

[–] seditious9 14 years ago

Ummm...no, Roschmann existed, as portrayed in the book and the movie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Roschmann

http://www.economypoint.org/e/eduard-roschmann.html

[–] Danusha_Goska 13 years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Roschmann#Death

[–] Captain_Augustus_McCrae 13 years ago

I hope it contributed to his death. Rot in Hell with your Fuhrer, Nazi scum.

"It ain't dying I'm talking about, it's LIVING!"
Captain Augustus McCrae

[–] Zanza8 13 years ago

If this movie contributed to his death, that just makes it better.

http://thinkingoutloud-descartes.blogspot.com/

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[–] chilidoggg (14592) 3 years ago

That is cool story!