Rent Holocaust: The Liberation of Auschwitz (1986)
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1h 2min
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- Synopsis:
When first released, only 18 minutes of this footage had ever been seen in the west. This was footage released by the Russians as prosecution evidence at the Nuremburg War Crime trials. Captain Alexander Vorontsov, is the only surviving cameraman from the Soviet film crew attached to the 1st Ukrainian Front, who in Jan/Feb 1945 filmed the liberation of the infamous death camp, Auschwitz. He describes the feelings that he and his comrades felt at the horrific scenes that confronted the brave liberators. A majority of the prisoners had been forced by the germans to leave the camp as the Red Army approached Auschwitz, and many had perished on their "death marches". Vorontsov was able to record the plight of the remaning 6000 prisoners, the pitiful remains of the dead, the results of the Soviet investigations and the closing of Auschwitz, February 28th 1945. - Actors:
- Aleksandr Voronsov
- Directors:
- Irmgard von zur Mühlen
- Voiced By:
- Irmgard von zur Mühlen, Frederic Martin
- Narrated By:
- Irmgard von zur Mühlen, Frederic Martin
- Aka:
- Die Befreiung von Auschwitz
- Studio:
- Oracle
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
- Countries:
- Germany
