Requiem for 500,000

Requiem for 500,000

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 1, 1963

Runtime

0h 29m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

40%

Original Title

Requiem dla 500 tysięcy

Production Companies

Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych

Director

Jerzy Bossak

Description

A short documentary made in 1963 by Jerzy Bossak and Wacław Kaźmierczak featuring unique archival footage of the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw. The Warsaw Ghetto (pol. “Getto Warszawskie” ) was the largest of all Jewish Ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. From there, about 254,000 Ghetto residents were sent to Treblinka extermination camp during the three months of summer 1942.