Holocaust: The Liberation of Auschwitz
by Irmgard von zur M?hlen
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Director: Irmgard von zur M?hlenDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 53 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Arts Magic
Movie Reviews of Holocaust: The Liberation of Auschwitz
Movie Review: The horrors of Auschwitz as witnessed by its liberators
Summary: 4 Stars
This film basically consists of black and white film footage captured by Capt Alexander Vrotsos who was part of the Soviet film crew attached to the First Ukrainian Front in 1945. When the Soviets liberated Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi death camp, they witnessed the horrors of the camp - emaciated survivors who resembled walking corpses, mounds of human bodies, the crematoria [which the Germans had tried to destroy, but still yielded plenty of evidence pointing to their atrocities], the belongings of Nazi victims who had been gassed/shot/incarcerated and many other horrors.
There's no music accompanying this film, just a monotonous background narration in a matter-of-fact manner - perhaps this was apt considering nothing could offset the horrors presented on the screen. The horrific images of the horror that was Auschwitz has been seen many times before, in other films/documentaries etc, and I think that "Holocaust: The Liberation of Auschwitz" portrays this well. However, it could have done with some extra features, such as the background history of the camp, as well as some history as to what happened to some of the infamous SS personnel associated with the camp [hence my 4 out of 5 star rating].
Summary of Holocaust: The Liberation of Auschwitz
Shot by the Soviet cameraman attached to the 1st Ukrainian front, this documentation, used by as prosecution evidence at the Nuremburg War Crime Trials, records the plight of the remaining 6,000 prisoners, the instruments of torture, the remains of the dead and the closing of Auschwitz.Documentary DVD Video
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