Auschwitz

Auschwitz (1945)

Освенцим

Soviet documentary shot right after liberation of Auschwitz. It was used as evidence by the Soviet prosecution at the Nuremberg trials. In 2014, footage shot by cameraman Aleksandr Vorontsov, as well as his interview given in 1986 for German television, were included in Andre Singer’s documentary “Night Will Fall”.

Date of release
1945-09-14
Runtime
23m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Elizaveta Svilova

Interesting facts

Oświęcim is a Soviet propaganda film centering around the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp, known in Polish as Oświęcim. The footage was shot directly after the liberation between January and May 1945 by camera operators of the Soviet army. The cameramen that filmed were Mikhail Ochourkov, Nikolai Bykov, Kenan Kutub-Zade, Alexander Vorontsov and Anatoly Pavlov and the editing was done by Yelizaveta Svilova. During the liberation of Auschwitz also photographers and artists were present. Some of Zinovii Tolkachev's drawings closely resemble shots from Oświęcim, as they depict the same scenes captured in the film.

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