The Liberation of Auschwitz

The Liberation of Auschwitz

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 13, 1986

Runtime

0h 53m

Genres

Documentary, History

User Score

70%

Original Title

Die Befreiung von Auschwitz

Production Companies

Chronos Media

Director

Irmgard von zur Mühlen

Description

This chilling, vitally important documentary was produced to mark the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Concentration Camp. The film contains unedited, previously unavailable film footage of Auschwitz shot by the Soviet military forces between January 27 and February 28, 1945 and includes an interview with Alexander Voronsov, the cameraman who shot the footage. The horrifying images include: survivors; camp visit by Soviet investigation commission; criminal experiments; forced laborers; evacuation of ill and weak prisoners with the aid of Russian and Polish volunteers; aerial photos of the IG Farben Works in Monowitz; and pictures of local people cleaning up the camp under Soviet supervision. - Written by National Center for Jewish Film