Overview
- Description
- Auschwitz concentration camp at liberation. Pan of camp: row after row of barracks. Quick shot "Arbeit Macht Frei" gate. Trench with bodies, MLS then MCU of woman in the trench. MS, line of camp inmates with Soviet soldiers standing above the trenches, taking down notes. VS, inmates, an old woman and a young boy stand side by side posing for the camera. They are both very emaciated, the woman is dressed in rags with a kerchief on her head, the boy is wearing shorts. VS, CUs of piles of hair, bundles with numbers on them, MS, inmates in uniforms in sleeping barracks.
Translation of Ukrainian narration:
"Auschwitz...for centuries people have said 'hell', but now they say, Auschwitz." - Duration
- 00:00:46
- Date
-
Event:
1945
- Locale
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Auschwitz,
Poland
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of TSDKFFA
Physical Details
- Language
- Ukrainian
- Genre/Form
- Documentary.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Mixed
- Time Code
- 00:41:53:00 to 00:42:39:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2489 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2489 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2489 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large
Master 2489 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - large- Preservation
Preservation 2489 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2489 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2489 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2489 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- Copyright
- Central State Film and Photo Archive of Ukraine
- Conditions on Use
- For permission to license, reproduce, and use film materials from the Central State Film and Photo Archive of Ukraine, visit https://tsdkffa.archives.gov.ua/poslugy/ or contact tsdkffa@arch.gov.ua
- Copyright Holder
- Central State Film and Photo Archive of Ukraine
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this collection of moving image segments from the Central State Film, Photo and Sound Archive (https://tsdkffa.archives.gov.ua) at the Ukraine National Archives in Kiev, Ukraine in 2001.
- Copied From
- 35mm
- Film Source
- Central State Film and Photo Archive of Ukraine
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3526
Source Archive Number: 2430 Reel II - Special Collection
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- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:55:28
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