Overview
- Summary
- This documentary contains all the film footage taken by Soviet cameramen after the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, between Jan. 27 and Feb. 28, 1945. Among other things, it depicts the camp area immediately after entry by the First Ukrainian Front of the Red Army. Documentary pictures are interspersed with an interview with Alexander Vorontzov (Woronzow), the cameraman who accompanied the Red Army soldiers and did most of the filming. The whole is accompanied by commentary describing the selection and extermination process, medical experiments, and everyday life in the concentration camp at Auschwitz.
- Variant Title
- Liberation of Auschwitz : a documentary
- Format
- Video
- Published
- [Place of publication not identified] : Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum : Chronos-Media, [2005]
©2005 - Locale
- Poland
- Notes
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"The film was previously released in 1985, for the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the camp. The commentary accompanying the current ed. of the film reflects the latest findings by researchers studying the KL Auschwitz"--Container.
This DVD can also be viewed on DVD players other than PAL players.
"To preserve the authenticity of the documentary material, even the most drastic scenes have been shown without cuts. Furthermore, the authors have chosen not to remove any background noise and not to add musical background."
Mitarbeit, Manfred Helling, Wladimir Schilzow ; wissenshaftliche beratung, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Scheffler ; kamera, Alexander Woronzow (1945), Alexander Kulidshanow ; schnitt, Gisela Bienert ; produktionsleitung, Bengt von zur Mühlen.
DVD; PAL, 4:3; all regions.
In German, English, or Polish with Czech, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Judeo-espanyol, Polish, Rusian [sic], Spanish, Swedish, or Yiddish subtitles.
Physical Details
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland. Nazi concentration camps--Poland. Internment camps--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Jews. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Russian. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Video recordings. Personal narratives. Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
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- 2024-06-21 20:41:00
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